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 disease
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Rafael Toledo Bernard Fried Editors
Digenetic Trematodes Second Edition
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 1154 Editorial Board: IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel ABEL LAJTHA, N.S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research Orangeburg, NY, USA JOHN D. LAMBRIS, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan, Milan, Italy NIMA REZAEI, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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Rafael Toledo • Bernard Fried Editors
Digenetic Trematodes Second Edition
Editors Rafael Toledo Área de Parasitología Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica y Parasitología Facultad de Farmacia Universidad de Valencia Valencia, Spain
Bernard Fried Department of Biology Lafayette College Easton, PA, USA
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Preface
Digenetic trematodes are a large group of parasites of vertebrates that have significant medical, veterinary, and economic importance. Over 100 species of digenetic trematodes have been recorded to be infecting humans, and the list is very extensive considering the trematode species that parasitize animals. The morbidity and mortality caused by several species in humans can be considered mild or even benignant, though other species have important implications for human health. For example, schistosomiasis affects m
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