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Cercarial Dermatitis Transmitted by Exotic Marine Snail

Sara V. Brant

, Andrew N. Cohen, David James, Lucia Hui, Albert Hom, and Eric S. Loker

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (S.V. Brant, E.S. Loker); Center for Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, Richmond, California, USA (A.N. Cohen); Alameda County Vector Control Services District, Alameda, California, USA (D. James, L. Hui, A. Hom)

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Hosts examined for avian schistosomes at 2 locations, United States*

Animal, location, and date	Species	No. screened	No. positive	No. dissected	No. positive
Snails
San Francisco Bay, California
2005 Jun	Ilynassa obsoleta	96	0	48	0
2005 Jul	Haminoea japonica	672	0	300	8
	I. obsoleta	270	0	50	0
	Urosalpinx cinerea	220	0	0	0
	Littorina sp.	275	0	50	0
2006 May	H. japonica	400	0	100	0
2006 Jun	H. japonica	300	0	150	0
2006 Nov	H. japonica	222	0	100	0
2007 Jun	H. japonica	930	0	350	11
2007 Jul	H. japonica	655	0	266	37
	Philine sp.			38	0
2008 Aug	H. japonica	1,100	50	180	70
	I.obsoleta	400	0	100	0
	Littorina sp.	200	0	100	0
	Philine sp.	100	0
San Juan Island, Washington
2005 Aug	H. virescens	717	0	215	0
Birds
San Francisco Bay, California
2007 Aug	Larus californicus	NA	NA	4	2
	L. occidentalis	NA	NA	10	4
	L. delawarensis	NA	NA	1	1
2008 Jan	L. occidentalis	NA	NA	5	3
	L. glaucescens	NA	NA	1	0
2008 Mar	L. occidentalis	NA	NA	7	5
	L. glaucescens	NA	NA	1	1

*NA, not applicable.

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