Swimmer's itch: Etiology, impact, and risk factors in Europe

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-74

  Soldánová, Miroslava ^a,b   Selbach, Christian ^a   Kalbe, Martin ^c   Kostadinova, Aneta ^b   Sures, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird schistosomes; Ecological factors; Europe; Lymnaeidae; Risk factors; Swimmer's itch; Trichobilharzia

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

BIRD; CERCARIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; LIFE CYCLE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA; SKIN INFECTION; SNAIL; SWIMMER ITCH; WORM;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; EUROPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SNAILS; SWIMMING;

AVES; LYMNAEIDAE; TRICHOBILHARZIA;

EID: 84872861019     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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