Digenetic Trematodes

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.

Autorentext

Rafael Toledo, Department of Parasitology, University of Valencia, Spain

Bernard Fried, Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton PA, USA

Inhalt
PART ONE: GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE TREMATODESChapter 1Form and Function in the DigeneaAlba Cortés and Bernard Fried
Chapter 2The Systematics of the TrematodaAneta Kostadinova and Ana Pérez-del-Olmo
PART TWO: TREMATODES OF INTEREST IN HUMAN HEALTHChapter 3SchistosomiasisPhilip T. LoVerde
Chapter 4FascioliasisSantiago Mas-Coma, Mª Adela Valero and Mª Dolores Bargues
Chapter 5ParagonimiasisDavid Blair
Chapter 6Liver flukes: Clonorchis and OpisthorchisWeerachai Saijuntha, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Nadda Kiatsopit, Ross H Andrews and Trevor N Petney
Chapter 7Intestinal trematode infectionsRafael Toledo, Carla Muñoz-Antoli and J. Guillermo Esteban
PART THREE: TREMATODES OF INTEREST IN VETERINARY AND WILDLIFE DISEASEChapter 8Schistosomatoidea and DiplostomoideaPetr Horák, Jana Bulantová and Libor Mike
Chapter 9AmphistomesVeenaTandon, Bishnupada Roy, Jollin Andrea Shylla, Sudeep Ghatani
Chapter 10Dicrocoeliidae family: major species causing veterinary diseasesM. Yolanda Manga-González and M. Carmen Ferreras
Chapter 11Selected Wildlife TrematodiasisMatthew G. Bolek, Jillian T. Detwiler, Heather A. Stigge
PART FOUR: CLINICAL ASPECTS OF TREMATODE INFECTIONS
Chapter 12Epidemiology of Trematode Infections: An UpdateJong-Yil Chai and Bong-Kwang Jung
Chapter 13Trematode genomics and proteomics Javier Sotillo, Mark S. Pearson and Alex Loukas
Chapter 14Diagnosis of human trematode infectionsJ. Guillermo Esteban, Carla Muñoz-Antoli , Rafael Toledo, and Lawrence R. Ash