Schistosomes: Development, Reproduction and Host Relations

by Paul F. Basch

This work provides a unique, comprehensive, and up-to-date review of the biology of the parasitic flatworm, Schistosoma, which is responsible for one of the world's most pervasive infectious diseases, Schistisomiasis. The unusual characteristics of the organism, and the immediacy of its effect on human health, have combined to bring the schistosomes under considerable scrutiny in the field of parasitology. As parasites living within the circulatory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195058070
• ISBN13: 9780195058079
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"