Human cercarial dermatitis (HCD) in the UK: an overlooked and under-reported nuisance?

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"Funding This work forms part of the BSc research dissertation of Ms Orla Kerr and received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. Alexandra Juhasz and Sam Jones receive salary support from the Wellcome Trust and, in part, by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (using the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) Funding) and Wellcome Trust [220818/Z/20/Z] under the NIHR-Wellcome Partnership for Global Health Research. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Wellcome, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care."