The arrival of oak processionary moth, a novel cause of itchy dermatitis, in the UK: Experience, lessons and recommendations

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 778-781

  Mindlin, M J ^a   le Polain de Waroux, O ^b,c   Case, S ^d   Walsh, B ^a  

^a SPRINGFIELD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d London Borough of Camden   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

MOTH; SKIN DISORDER;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EYE IRRITATION; FORESTRY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; ITCHY DERMATITIS; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MOTH; ORGANISM COLONY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; THAUMETHOPOEA PROCESSIONEA; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXANTHEMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84866033907     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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