Louis Olivier published “The Penetration of Dermatitis-Producing Schistosome Cercariae”

On Mar. 2, 1949, Louis Olivier published “The Penetration of Dermatitis-Producing Schistosome Cercariae” in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Olivier performed controlled studies on the role of hypersensitivity in schistosome dermatitis, demonstrating that lesions increase with repeated exposure to larvae of avian schistosomes.

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Source: University of Oxford
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