Overview
- Covers the trematodes of interest in human and animal health comprehensively
- Updates the current status of knowledge on the trematodiases that cover novel techniques
- Includes a novel chapter on the genomics and proteomics of trematodes
- Provides comprehensive material for researchers, clinicians, veterinarians, biologists, and pre and post-graduate students.
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1154)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Aspects of the Trematodes
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Trematodes of Interest in Human Health
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Trematodes of Interest in Veterinary and Wildlife Disease
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Clinical Aspects of Trematode Infections
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About this book
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 populations at risk are currently expanding and changing in relation to factors such as growing international markets, improved transportation systems, and demographic changes. This has led to a growing international interest to the trematode infections, although factors such as the difficulties entailed in the diagnosis, the complexity of human and agricultural practices, the lack of assessments of the economic costs, or the limited number of effective drugs are preventing the development of control measures of these diseases in humans and livestock. In-depth studies are needed to clarify the current epidemiology of these helminth infections and to identify new and specific targets for both effective diagnosis and treatments. The main goal of the second edition of this book is to present the major trematodes and their corresponding diseases in the framework of modern parasitology, considering matters such as the application of novel techniques and analysis of data in the context of host-parasite interactions and to show applications of new techniques and concepts for the studies on digenetic trematodes. This is an ideal book for parasitologists, microbiologists, zoologists, immunologists, professional of public health workers, clinicians and graduate and post-graduate students.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rafael Toledo, Department of Parasitology, University of Valencia, Spain
Bernard Fried, Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton PA, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digenetic Trematodes
Editors: Rafael Toledo, Bernard Fried
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18616-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18615-9Published: 01 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18618-0Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18616-6Published: 11 July 2019
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XI, 487
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Immunology, Food Microbiology, Vaccine