Editors:
- Covers the trematodes of interest in human and animal health comprehensively
- Updates the current status of knowledge on the trematodiases that covers novel techniques
- Provides comprehensive material for researchers, clinicians, veterinarians, biologists and pre and post-graduate students
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 766)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Aspects of the Trematodes
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Front Matter
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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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Back Matter
About this book
Digenetic trematodes constitute a major helminth group that parasitize humans 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 in 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 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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Departamento de Biología Celular,Parasitología Facultad de Farmacia, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
Rafael Toledo
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Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, USA
Bernard Fried
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digenetic Trematodes
Editors: Rafael Toledo, Bernard Fried
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0915-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4638-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0915-5Published: 05 June 2014
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 474
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Vaccine