Schistosomiasis

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Antibodies

Swimmer's itch

Bilharzia; Katayama fever; Swimmer's itch; Blood fluke

• Avoid swimming or bathing in contaminated or potentially contaminated water
• Avoid bodies of water of unknown safety

Snails are an intermediate host for the parasite. Getting rid of snails in bodies of water used by humans would help prevent infection.

Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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