Cercarial dermatitis transmitted by exotic marine snail

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1357-1365

  Brant, Sara V ^a   Cohen, Andrew N ^b   James, David ^c   Hui, Lucia ^c   Hom, Albert ^c   Loker, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Center for Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions   (United States)

^c Alameda County Vector Control Services District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCARIAL DERMATITIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC MARKER; HAMINOEA JAPONICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MARINE SNAIL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CERCARIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SAN FRANCISCO; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SNAILS; SWIMMING; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 77956029016     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.091664     Document Type: Article

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