Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis): ENY-2038/IN1200, rev. 5/2022

Emma N. I. Weeks; Katherine Sayler; Heather Stockdfale Walden

doi:10.32473/edis-in1200-2018

Vol. 2022 No. 3, Entomology and Nematology Department

Vol. 2022 No. 3

Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis): ENY-2038/IN1200, rev. 5/2022

Entomology and Nematology Department

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1200-2018

Published 2018-04-03 — Updated on 2022-05-31

Emma N. I. Weeks⁺⁻
Katherine Sayler⁺⁻
Heather Stockdfale Walden⁺⁻

Emma N. I. Weeks

University of Florida

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1120-6296

Katherine Sayler

University of Florida

Heather Stockdfale Walden

University of Florida

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5678-4938

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helminth
flatworm
schistosomes
transmission
Schistosomatidae

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Weeks, Emma N. I., Katherine Sayler, and Heather Stockdfale Walden. (2018) 2022. “Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis): ENY-2038/IN1200, Rev. 5/2022”. EDIS 2022 (3). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1200-2018.

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Learn how to swim safely and avoid this itchy skin rash in this 3-page document written by Emma N. I. Weeks and Katherine Sayler and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology. Updated May 2022 with Heather Stockdale Walden.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1200

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