Failure of an ointment based on IR3535 (ethyl butylacetylaminoptopionate) to prevent an outbreak of cercarial dermatitis during swimming races across Lake Annecy, France

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-163

  Caumes, E ^a   Felder Moinet, S ^b   Couzigou, C ^a   Darras Joly, C ^a   Latour, P ^c   Leger N ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c Hop Pitie Salpetriere ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYL BUTYLACETYLAMINOPROPIONATE; IR 3535; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OINTMENT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PROTECTION; SWIMMING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DERMATITIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PROPIONATES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SWIMMING;

INSECTA; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0038752823     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803235001633     Document Type: Article

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