Cercarial dermatitis, also called swimmer’s itch, is a type of skin rash caused by allergic reactions to the larvae of non-human schistosomes, a parasitic flatworm, that usually infect birds and ...

Cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer’s itch ... It accidently attaches to you and other humans while it’s looking for a water bird or another animal host. Its normal life cycle is ...

Cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer's itch or clam-digger's itch, is caused by the larvae of blood flukes that are parasites of birds or mammals. When these larvae, called cercariae ...

Thurston County Public Health advises that the parasite that causes swimmer’s itch appears to be present in Lake St. Clair.