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 from
various geographical regions. These new data are compiled in this book
together with existing information to fulfil the present need. Seven
major trematode-induced disease groups, namely, schistosomiasis,
paragonimiasis, fascioliasis and fasciolopsiasis, dicrocoeliasis and
eurytremiasis, 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
mortality - both in man and in livestock - mainly in the tropics, and
contribute to the socio-economic problems. Many of these diseases are
also zoonoses, some major and others potential.
The intended readership of this treatise include postgraduate students
of medical and veterinary parasitology, research workers as well as
medical practitioners, veterinarians, tropical diseases specialists,
veterinary public health specialists and teachers concerned with
trematode infections and trematodiasis of man and animals.
