Abstract
RECENTLY schistosome larvae have been discovered in the snail Siphonaria denticulata Quoy and Gaimard. Cercariae from infected snails cause a typical schistosome dermatitis in man.
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EWERS, W. A New Intermediate Host of Schistosome Trematodes from New South Wales. Nature 190, 283–284 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190283b0
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