Trematode Infections and Diseases of Man and Animals / Edition 1

Over the last few decades new data on the distribution, pathogenicity, diagnosis, treatment and control of trematode infections and diseases in man and animals, including zoonotic trematodiasis, have emerged fr om various geographical regions. These new data are compiled in this b ook together with existing information to fulfil the present need. Sev en major trematode-induced disease groups, namely, schistosomiasis, pa ragonimiasis, fascioliasis and fasciolopsiasis, dicrocoeliasis and eur ytremiasis, clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis, paramphistomiasis, and diseases due to intestinal trematode infections are dealt with in this book. These diseases still rank as a major cause of morbidity and mor tality { both in man and in livestock - mainly in the tropics, and con tribute to the socio-economic problems. Many of these diseases are als o zoonoses, some major and others potential.