ID#: 22022
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Photographed in 1959, on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, this image depicted a seated sixth-grade pupil, who had received a skin test for schistosomiasis, on the back of her neck, in the region of the right trapezius muscle. From this posterior-superior view of the girl’s neck, the injection site was being exposed by the hand of a clinician, who was inspecting the test results. In this case, the raised wheal, or bump, and the surrounding erythema, was an indication that this was a positive site reaction. The antigen, delivered in an intradermal fashion, was prepared from Schistosoma spp. cercariae, adult worms, eggs, or miracidia.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. R. Kaiser
Creation Date: 1959
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.