Schistosome cercariae as the causative agent of swimmer's itch in Iceland

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-220

  Kolarova L ^a   Skirnisson, K ^b   Horak P ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; ICELAND; LEG; LYMNAEA; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; RASH; SCHISTOSOMA; SUMMER; SWIMMING; SYMPTOM;

GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; RADIX PEREGRA; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0344931748     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x99000335     Document Type: Article

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