SCHISTOSOME DERMATITIS IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
Pruritus developed in two persons at different times, after contact with water in a duck pond at a motel in Sacramento. At those times (in August 1961 and June 1962) large numbers of snails infected with the dermatitis-producing cercariae T. physellae were present in the pond. Experimental lesions were produced in volunteers and by exposure to infected water while collecting snails along the shore of the pond.
D000818:Animals; D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D003872:Dermatitis; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004372:Ducks; D031314:Geraniaceae; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D006801:Humans; D061005:Ponds; D011537:Pruritus; D012547:Schistosoma; D012552:Schistosomiasis; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic; D012908:Snails; D013550:Swimming; D014867:Water
D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D014867:Water
ANTIHISTAMINICS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DRUG THERAPY; SCHISTOSOMA; SNAILS; SWIMMING