In our work, we also found a
schistosome serpin (serine protease inhibitor) that could possibly correspond to that previously reported in cercarial secretions (4, 7).
The biology of mammalian and bird
schistosomes. Bull.
Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch) is a pruritic eruption resulting from cercarial penetration of skin or mucous membranes, common to all infecting
schistosomes. Schistosomal dermatitis may also be acquired by penetration of avian
schistosomes in nonhuman schistosomiasis endemic areas.
The possible mechanism which may explain this beneficial antischistosomal effect of sativa seeds is that the seeds contain active constituents which may have a direct effect on the vitality of
schistosome different stages as well as the fecundity of the remaining female adult worms.
The syndrome caused by cercarial penetration of skin is called
schistosome cercarial dermatitis (also called swimmer's itch or paddy field dermatitis).
Praziquantel can cure a patient in 3 days, Caffrey says, but
schistosomes evade it during the first month of infection.
In these samples eggs of many common parasites were found, but no
schistosome eggs.
The dynamics of helminth infections, with special reference to
schistosomes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 59:489-506.
(b) and (d) Freshwater lakes as well as quiet pools in streams may harbor a
schistosome parasite that spends part of its life in snails.
Woolhouse, "On the interpretation of age-prevalence curves for
schistosome infections of host snails," Parasitology, vol.
Both HIV and
schistosome infection cause increased levels of IFN-[gamma] and IL-10 [22-25].
Immunity induced by the radiation-attenuated
schistosome vaccine.
