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Due to their devastating impact on both human and animal health in numerous tropical countries of the world, schistosomes have become one of the most widely studied of parasitic organisms. The tremendous ongoing research and control effort, primarily directed at ridding man of the disease schistosomiasis, involves people from many different disciplines and backgrounds. The intention of this book is to draw together the many interesting advances in knowledge in diverse areas of study which relate to the biology of schistosomes, and to provide a standard and comprehensible text which will be of immediate benefit to advanced students, research workers, clinicians and field workers.

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• The Genus Schistosoma: A Taxonomic Appraisal
• The Adult Schistosome: Structure and Reproductive Biology
• Theron, Larval Development: Eggs to Cercariae
• Cercariae to Liver Worms: Development and Migration in the Mammalian Host
• Schistosome Molecular Biology
• Biochemistry and Physiology
• Consequences of Infections with Schistosomes
• The Immune Response to Schistosomes in Experimental Hosts
• Molecular Studies of Schistosome Immunity
• The Human Immune Response to Schistosome Infection
• Survival within the Snail Host
• Natural History of Transmission and Schistosome Interactions
• The Epidemiology of Schistosome Infections in Man
• Experimental Chemotherapy
• Schistosomiasis Control
• Index