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Department of Biology and Chemistry, School of Health Sciences, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, United States.
Schistosomiasis is a group of both acute and chronic parasitic trematode infections of the genus . Research into schistosomiasis has been minimal, leading to its classification as a neglected tropical disease, yet more than 140 million people are infected with schistosomes globally. There are no treatments available for early-stage infections, schistosomal dermatitis, or Katayama syndrome, other than symptomatic control with steroids and antihistamines, as the maturing organisms seem to be mostly resistant to typical antiparasitics.
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July 2024
Department of Medical Biology, School of Public Health, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland.
Background: In Europe, avian schistosomes of the genus are the most common etiological agents involved in human cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch). Manifested by a skin rash, the condition is caused by an allergic reaction to cercariae of nonhuman schistosomes. Humans are an accidental host in this parasite's life cycle, while water snails are the intermediate, and waterfowl are the final hosts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh prevalence of natural infection by the ruminant blood fluke in the intermediate snail host in Uttaradit, Northern Thailand.
Vet World
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Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand.
Background And Aim: Freshwater snails belonging to the family serve as the first intermediate hosts of many species of important parasitic flukes of animals and humans. Information regarding the occurrence of planorbid snail larval trematode infection is limited in Northern Thailand. Thus, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of larval trematode infection of the freshwater snail in Uttaradit, Thailand, and to identify trematode species based on their morphological and molecular characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman cercarial dermatitis (HCD) in the UK: an overlooked and under-reported nuisance?
Parasit Vectors
February 2024
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Background: Human cercarial dermatitis (HCD) is a clinical disease typically caused by skin-penetrative larvae of avian schistosomes. Its geographical epidemiology is firmly tied with that of infected freshwater intermediate snail hosts. To better understand the current distribution of HCD and its level of nuisance in the UK, we undertook a systematic literature review.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSwimmer's itch control: Timely waterfowl brood relocation significantly reduces an avian schistosome population and human cases on recreational lakes.
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February 2024
University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, Michigan, United States of America.
Swimmer's itch (SI) is a dermatitis in humans caused by cercariae of avian and mammalian schistosomes which emerge from infected snails on a daily basis. Mitigation methods for SI have long been sought with little success. Copper sulfate application to the water to kill the snail hosts is the historically employed method, but is localized, temporary, and harmful to many aquatic species.
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