Schistosomes and Schistosomiasis in South Asia [Hardcover]

According to the author, the book addresses to all the scientists and not only to immunologists or biologists of European countries who are engaged in developing a vaccine, or a diagnostic kit or a new drug against the infection or on schistosome evolution. Even these scientists have to visit endemic countries for field trials or ask their counterparts to collect field data (which this book addresses ). Thus this book is not on molecular fundamentals but on the infection itself; how schistosome species are responding to the drug ; sensitivity and specificity of immunodiagnostic kits, antigen molecules; snail compatibility, production losses; schistosome evolution; schistosome outbreaks; complexities where more than two schistosome species are existing; problem of human schistosomiasis in South Asia etc In fact , all the topics of great interest to international scientists and scientists of endemic countries.

With no counterpart existing in the literature, this volume offers an exhaustive critical review of all the work carried out on schistosomes and schistosomiasis in South Asia and provides a welcome addition to the published work from other continents.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Schistosomes.- Chapter 3: The Snail.- Chapter 4: Prevalence in Final Host.- Chapter 5: Immunological Studies.- Chapter 6: Disease Manifestation and Pathology.- Chapter 7: Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis. Chapter 8: Immuno-diagnosis of Schistosomiasis.- Chapter 9: Chemotherapy.- Chapter 10: Control of Schistosomiasis.- Chapter 11: Laboratory Models Developed.- Chapter 12: Technologies Developed.

Through all of the recent progress and publications on Schistosoma haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum and diseases these parasites cause in human beings  engulfing Africa, South America and East Asia, it has become necessary to fill the gaps from South Asia perspective too, especially India from lC&