Confirmation of the presence of zoonoticTrichobilharzia frankifollowing a human cercarial dermatitis outbreak in recreational water in Slovakia

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F20%3A00537463" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/20:00537463 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-020-06751-y" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-020-06751-y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06751-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-020-06751-y</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Confirmation of the presence of zoonoticTrichobilharzia frankifollowing a human cercarial dermatitis outbreak in recreational water in Slovakia

Original language description

Human cercarial dermatitis is a parasitic disease that causes an allergic reaction in the skin (swimmer's itch) as a consequence of contact with cercariae of bird schistosomes present in water, mainly of the genusTrichobilharziaSkrjabin et Zakarow, 1920. The main objective of the study was to confirm the presence of the zoonotic disease agent following reports of human infections in recreational water in Slovakia. We identified two species of freshwater snails at Kosice Lake,Radix auricularia(Linnaeus, 1758) andPhysa acuta(Draparnaud, 1805). Trematode infections were observed only inR. auricularia. Of the 62 snails collected, 11 (17.7%) were infected with 5 different species of larval stages of trematodes. The blood flukeTrichobilharzia frankiwas found in 2 (3.2%) of the examined snails. The present record provides the first evidence thatT.frankifrom the pulmonate snailR. auriculariarepresents a source of human cercarial dermatitis in recreational water in Slovakia. Our finding complements the easternmost records of both swimmer's itch and the confirmed occurrence of a bird schistosome in a waterbody in Europe. The present work suggests that the health risks associated with trichobilharziasis need to be further studied by detailed monitoring of the occurrence of the major causative agent of human cercarial dermatitis,T.franki.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GJ17-20936Y" target="_blank" >GJ17-20936Y: Neglected role of parasites: does biomass of trematode cercariae matter in subarctic freshwater ecosystems?</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Parasitology Research

ISSN

0932-0113

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

119

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

2531-2537

UT code for WoS article

000542616800005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85086736873