Schistosomiasis, a blood fluke

By |2017-02-10T09:50:08-07:00September 26th, 2013|Prevention|

You may remember that at the end of May, Maricopa County Department of Public Health warned us about avoiding swimmer’s itch by not wading along the shorelines of some of our lakes.  Swimmer’s itch or cercarial dermatitis, is a rash caused by a tiny parasitic flatworm of birds that can occur in lakes and ponds throughout [...]