ArticleEcoHealth2018
Use of qPCR-Based Cercariometry to Assess Swimmer's Itch in Recreational Lakes.
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- Molecular detection and identification of Trichobilharzia: development of a LAMP, qPCR, and multiplex PCR toolkit.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Large-scale spatial drivers of avian schistosomes in Northern Michigan inland lakes.Parasitology · 2024Article
- Expanding the swimmer's itch pool of the Benelux: a first record of the neurotropic Trichobilharzia regenti and potential link to human infection.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
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- Other Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Environmental DNA in human and veterinary parasitology - Current applications and future prospects for monitoring and control.Food and waterborne parasitology · 2022Article
- The Tails of Two Avian Schistosomes: Paired Exposure Study DemonstratesPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Cercariae of a Bird Schistosome Follow a Similar Emergence Pattern under Different Subarctic Conditions: First Experimental Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Scratching the Itch: Updated Perspectives on the Schistosomes Responsible for Swimmer's Itch around the World.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Simplifying Schistosome Surveillance: Using Molecular Cercariometry to Detect and Quantify Cercariae in Water.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Molecular phylogeny of Diplostomum, Tylodelphys, Austrodiplostomum and Paralaria (Digenea: Diplostomidae) necessitates systematic changes and reveals a history of evolutionary host switching events.International journal for parasitology · 2022Article
- Molecular and morphological characterisation ofParasitology · 2021Article
- Development of a Molecular Snail Xenomonitoring Assay to DetectMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Direct onshore wind predicts daily swimmer's itch (avian schistosome) incidence at a Michigan beach.Parasitology · 2020Article
- Schistosoma species detection by environmental DNA assays in African freshwaters.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Democratizing water monitoring: Implementation of a community-based qPCR monitoring program for recreational water hazards.PloS one · 2020Article
- Species-specific qPCR assays allow for high-resolution population assessment of four species avian schistosome that cause swimmer's itch in recreational lakes.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2019Article
- Evaluation of targeted copper sulfate (CuSOParasitology research · 2019Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Swimmer's itch (cercarial dermatitis) is a nuisance encountered by bathers and recreational water users worldwide. The condition is caused by the penetration of larval digenean trematodes (cercariae) of the family Schistosomatidae, into the skin, following their release into freshwater from pulmonate snails that serve as the intermediate hosts for these parasites. This study utilizes qPCR-based cercariometry to monitor and quantify cercariae from water samples collected at 5 lakes in northern Michigan. The resolution provided by qPCR facilitated assessment of the environmental and biological drivers of swimmer's itch-causing cercariae concentrations, allowing us to demonstrate that cercarial abundance is greatest at the top of the water column, in locations with prevailing on- and alongshore winds.
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