Epidemic of "swimmer's itch" traced to cercarial trematodes
Oyoo, A.O.; Donnell, D.; Pendergast, T.J.
Missouri Medicine 74(5): 218-219
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-6620 PMID: 865461 Document Number: 117357
Following notification of a case of swimmer's itch to the State Division of Health an investigation into the cause was initiated. Among the 140 residents in the area of the lake in Central Missouri (constructed in 1969) 29 cases of swimmer's itch were detected; all were in children aged 14 and under. Most of the cases occurred in the last 2 weeks of May and the first week of June and all followed swimming in the lake. 2 Helisoma sp. from the lake shed shopalcerus cercariae.