Digenetic Trematodes

ISBN-13: 9783030186180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 487 str.

Rafael Toledo; Bernard Fried

Spis treści

PART ONE: GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE TREMATODES

Chapter 1

Form and Function in the Digenea

Alba Cortés and Bernard Fried

Chapter 2

The Systematics of the Trematoda

Aneta Kostadinova and Ana Pérez-del-Olmo

PART TWO: TREMATODES OF INTEREST IN HUMAN HEALTH

Chapter 3

Schistosomiasis

Philip T. LoVerde

Chapter 4

Fascioliasis

Santiago Mas-Coma, Mª Adela Valero and Mª Dolores Bargues 

Chapter 5

Paragonimiasis

David Blair

Chapter 6

Liver flukes: Clonorchis and Opisthorchis

Weerachai Saijuntha, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Nadda Kiatsopit, Ross H Andrews and Trevor N Petney

Chapter 7

Intestinal trematode infections

Rafael Toledo, Carla Muñoz-Antoli  and J. Guillermo Esteban 

PART THREE: TREMATODES OF INTEREST IN VETERINARY AND WILDLIFE DISEASE

Chapter 8

Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea

Petr Horák, Jana Bulantová and Libor Mikeš

Chapter 9

Amphistomes

VeenaTandon, Bishnupada Roy, Jollin Andrea Shylla, Sudeep Ghatani

Chapter 10

Dicrocoeliidae family: major species causing veterinary diseases

M. Yolanda Manga-González and M. Carmen Ferreras

Chapter 11

Selected Wildlife Trematodiasis

Matthew G. Bolek, Jillian T. Detwiler, Heather A. Stigge

PART FOUR: CLINICAL ASPECTS OF TREMATODE INFECTIONS

Chapter 12

Epidemiology of Trematode Infections: An Update

Jong-Yil Chai and Bong-Kwang Jung

Chapter 13

Trematode genomics and proteomics 

Javier Sotillo, Mark S. Pearson and Alex Loukas

Chapter 14

Diagnosis of human trematode infections

J. Guillermo Esteban, Carla Muñoz-Antoli , Rafael Toledo, and Lawrence R. Ash

O autorze

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

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

Blurb

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.