Main description:

This is a thoroughly revised edition of a well-received reference work on helminthiases and their impact on worldwide public health. The carefully presented collection covers both common and neglected helminth infections. Readers will discover an up-date overview to helminth epidemiology (including molecular typing), specific biological, immunological and immunopathological aspects, diagnosis and latest perspectives of control. New contributions give particular attention to economic consequences of helminthiases, deworming programs and future public health approaches, as well as most recent findings in host immune responses.

Helminths are long-lived multicellular organisms that have co-evolved with humans over many thousands of years. They are responsible for infections which affect around one fourth of the human population, at global level. Despite the huge efforts in research during the last years, effective control of helminth infections is still far from optimal standards and the resulting diseases remain neglected.

The highly readable link of parasitological background and clinical application makes this book a valuable read not only for parasitologists but also physicians and medical students, health professionals as well as experts in public health issues.

Moreover, all readers concerned with combating neglected parasitoses towards the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) will understand the significance of this renewed volume.

Contents:

Table of Contents

1. Epidemiology and Economics of Deworming

Donald AP Bundy Donald.Bundy@lshtm.ac.uk , Suzy J Campbell, Goylette F Chami, Kevin Croke, Linda Schultz Linda.Schultz@lshtm.ac.uk , Hugo C Turner

2. Diversity and History as Drivers of Helminth Systematics and Biology
Dante S. Zarlenga, dszarlenga@gmail.com

3. Paleoparasitology of Helminths

Gino Fornaciari and Raffaele Gaeta, raffaele.gaeta@med.unipi.it

4. Under the Influence : the Systemic Consequences of Helminth Infection

R. Maizels, Rick.Maizels@Glasgow.ac.uk

5. Schistosomiasis

Ahmad Othman and Rashika El Ridi, ahmed_ali44@hotmail.com

6. Fascioliasis

S. Mas-Coma, S.Mas.Coma@uv.es

7. Clonorchiasis and Opisthorchiasis

Edoardo Pozio and Maria Angeles Gomez-Morales, edoardo.pozio@gmail.com

8. Echinococcosis

Enrico Brunetti, enrico.brunetti@unipv.it

9. Taeniosis and Cysticercosis

Elizabeth Ferrer, elizabeth.ferrer@gmail.com

10. Trichinellosis

Fabrizio Bruschi and Jean Dupouy-Camet, fabrizio.bruschi@med.unipi.it

11. Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis

Albis Francesco Gabrielli, gabriellia@who.int

12. Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloidosis

Masataka Korenaga and Fabrizio Bruschi, mkorenaga@gmail.com

13. Anisakiasis

Simonetta Mattiucci and Stefano D'Amelio, simonetta.mattiucci@uniroma1.it

14. Lymphatic and Tissue Filariasis

Achim Hoerauf, hoerauf@uni-bonn.de

15. Dirofilaria Infections in Humans and Other Zoonotic Filarioses

Laura Kramer, laurahelen.kramer@unipr.it

16. Toxocariasis

Ayako Yoshida, kukuri@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

17. Can the Study of Helminths Be Fruitful for Human Diseases?

William Harnett, w.harnett@strath.ac.uk