Human Intestinal Flukes From Discovery to Treatment and Control
This book provides up-to-date information on the characteristics of each species of intestinal fluke found in humans and on the management of infections caused by these trematodes. Biology, epidemiology, host-parasite relationships, pathogenicity, clinica
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Human Intestinal Flukes
From Discovery to Treatment and Control
Human Intestinal Flukes
Jong-Yil Chai
Human Intestinal Flukes From Discovery to Treatment and Control
Jong-Yil Chai Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, South Korea Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Korea Association of Health Promotion Seoul, South Korea
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Preface
Digenetic trematodes are an important group of parasites infecting humans and animals. They are morphologically characterized by dorsoventrally flat body and the presence of at least two suckers, oral and ventral suckers, and, in some cases, another sucker, i.e., the genital sucker. They are exclusively parasitic and, in most cases, hermaphroditic, with the exception of schistosomes, which have separate sex. Trematodes can be classified into two large categories, namely, contact (water)borne and foodborne species. The former is a highly important group, i.e., schistosomes (family Schistosomatidae), which can cause infections in mesenteric and vesical blood vessels of animals and humans. The latter is another important group causing infections in the alimentary tract, including the bile duct, intestine, esophageal wall, pancreatic duct, or the lung parenchyma and extrapulmonary locations. More than one billion people are estimated to be at risk of infection with foodborne trematodes, and about 56 million were infected as of 2005 (Fürst et al. 2012). These foodborne trematodes are largely classified into liver, lung, and
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