IFAS Extension
Release Date: 5/26/2026
Agriculture
Abstract
Learn how to swim safely and avoid this itchy skin rash.
About this Publication
This document is ENY-2038, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2018. Revised May 2022 and January 2026. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Weeks, E. N. I., & Sayler, K. A. (2018). Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis. EDIS, 2018(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1200-2018
Authors
Emma N. I. Weeks
former assistant research scientist, medical and veterinary entomology, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology
Katherine Sayler
former research assistant professor and chief diagnostician, Cervidae Health Research Initiative, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Heather D. Walden
Specialist
University of Florida
associate professor, parasitology, Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine, UF College of Veterinary Medicine