my youngest son picked it up last summer while we stayed at Long Island Bridge Campground. We swam the campground beach and the Moultonboro town beach on LI as well as around some of the islands by Dow/Whortleberry. My guess is it's going to be a bad season if you are getting into it this early with the water temps still a bit low.
I've read the ways to evade the dreaded itch are:
1.) don't linger in shallow areas (move around a bit)
2.) don't "sun dry" yourself...wipe off with a towel
3.) and of course avoid areas frequented by waterfowl or where waterfowl waste would drift into.
It would be nice if areas could be treated to kill this parasite but I guess the only preventative is to drive off/kill the local waterfowl.
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