| schistosomes in the southwest united states and their potential for causing cercarial dermatitis or 'swimmer's itch'. | cercarial dermatitis or swimmer's itch results when cercariae of schistosomes penetrate human skin and initiate inflammatory responses. the parasites typically die in the skin but in some cases may persist and infect other organs. cercarial dermatitis is caused by a complex and poorly known assemblage of schistosome species, and can occur in any location where people come in contact with water bodies harbouring schistosome-infected snails. in north america, most cases are reported from the upper ... | 2009 | 19366484 |
| molecular systematics of the avian schistosome genus trichobilharzia (trematoda: schistosomatidae) in north america. | trichobilharzia is a genus of threadlike schistosomes with a cosmopolitan distribution in birds. species of trichobilharzia achieve notoriety as major etiological agents of cercarial dermatitis, or swimmer's itch. there are 40 species described in the literature, for which the majority lacks molecular sequence information. to better understand the phylogenetic relationships, diversity, species boundaries, host use, and geographic distribution of this genus better, we surveyed 378 birds and over ... | 2009 | 20049999 |
| anserobilharzia gen. n. (digenea, schistosomatidae) and redescription of a. brantae (farr & blankemeyer, 1956) comb. n. (syn. trichobilharzia brantae), a parasite of geese (anseriformes). | a new genus, anserobilharzia, is proposed to accommodate anserobilharzia brantae n. comb. (syn. trichobilharzia bran- tae farr & blankemeyer, 1956), a species of avian schistosome thus far found exclusively in anserini geese (anser, branta, chen) from europe and north america, and gyraulus snails. recent collections and subsequent molecular analyses showed that a. brantae was distinct from allobilharzia and trichobilharzia and grouped basal to trichobilharzia. using nuclear 28s, its and mitochon ... | 2013 | 26438934 |