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    Rash on Alameda beachgoers blamed on invading snail
    By Mike Taugher Contra Costa Times
    Posted: 09/26/2010 12:00:00 AM PDT
    Updated: 09/27/2010 08:52:14 AM PDT


    A nasty rash that has been affecting swimmers and waders off Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda for the past several years is the result of the Bay's ongoing problems with invasive species, researchers have reported.

    The culprit is a previously unknown parasite carried by the Japanese bubble snail, a ?-inch snail first discovered in the Bay in 1999 and in Alameda by 2003

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