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Studies On Schistosome Dermatitis ('Swimmer's Itch") In Minnesota, Donald E. Gilbertson, Richard Wedlund
Studies On Schistosome Dermatitis ('Swimmer's Itch") In Minnesota, Donald E. Gilbertson, Richard Wedlund
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
A preliminary study was conducted to determine the causative agents of schistosome dermatitis ( "swimmer's itch") in Minnesota and to determine the incidence schistosome infection in vector snails. A total of 1180 snails were collected from ten different localities, eight of which were sites of known schistosome activity . The incidence of schistosome infection in snails from individual areas was always less than 10 percent. Cercariae of Trichobilharzia ocellata from Lymnaea stagnalis were the most frequently-found schistosomes in our study.