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.
