Digenetic Trematodes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Toledo, Rafael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fried, Bernard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1154
• Subjects: Parasitology.; Immunology.; Microbiology.; Vaccines.; Food Microbiology.; Vaccine.

Digenetic trematodes constitute a major helminth group that parasitize human and animals and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The diseases caused by trematodes have been neglected for years, especially as compared with other parasitic diseases. However, the geographical limits and the p...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: General Aspects of the Trematodes
• Form and Function in the Digenea
• The Systematics of the Trematoda
• Part II: Trematodes of Interest in Human Health
• Schistosomiasis
• Fascioliasis
• Paragonimiasis
• Liver Flukes
• Intestinal Trematode Infections
• Part III: Trematodes of Interest in Veterinary and Wildlife Disease
• Schistosomatoidae and Diplostomoidea
• Paramphistomidae
• Dicrocoeliidae
• Selected Wildlife Trematodes
• Part IV: Clinical Aspects of Trematode Infections
• Epidemiology of Trematode Infections
• Genomics and Proteomics of Trematodes (NEW CHAPTER)
• Diagnosis of Human Trematode Infections. .