Metadata | |
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ID | DOID:11302 |
Name | cercarial dermatitis |
Definition | A schistosomiasis that is a short-term, cutaneous inflammatory response associated with penetration of the skin by cercariae of bird schistosome, Austrobilharzia variglandis. The disease has symptom skin reddening, has symptom skin itching, in the water or immediately after emerging and has symptom itchy, raised papules, occur within hours of infection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimmer%27s_itch, https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/swimmersitch/index.html |
Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:187115002 |
Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim NCIthesaurus |
Synonyms |
Cutaneous schistosomiasis [EXACT] Sea bather's eruption [EXACT] |
Parent Relationships |
is_a schistosomiasis is_a skin disease |
Subclass Logical Relationships |
disease has location some zone of skin |