Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites

✍ Scribed by Paiboon Sithithaworn, Puangrat Yongvanit, Smarn Tesana, Chawalit Pairojkul (auth.), K. Darwin Murrell, Bernard Fried (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 434
• Series: World Class Parasites 11
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The food-borne parasites discussed in this book are infections of animals which are transmissible to humans and constitute an important component of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (The World Health Organization). The increasing recognition of the public health significance of these zoonoses, their complicated links to poverty, agricultural intensification, environmental degradation, and the lack of appropriate tools for their control was the inspiration behind this book. In the past these diseases were limited to populations living in low- and middle-income countries, but the geographical limits and populations at risk are expanding and changing because of increasing international markets, improved transportation systems, and demographic changes. It is estimated that the number of people currently infected with food-borne trematodes alone exceeds 41 million, and the number of people at risk worldwide , including those in developed countries, is 750 million. The focus of this book is on those zoonoses that are transmitted by fish, plant and invertebrate foods. While people, especially those living in developed countries, are commonly aware of meat-borne zoonoses such as trichinellosis and cysticercosis, fewer are acquainted with parasitic diseases caused by liver, lung and intestinal flukes, fish-borne tapeworms, and tissue roundworms. This book reviews not only the prevalence and distribution of these zoonoses, including available health and economic impact data, but also highlights gaps in our knowledge base that must be filled in order to gain insights on approaches to prevention. The topics on epidemiology, diagnosis, and clinical aspects emphasize knowledge gaps that limit a full understanding of these zoonoses, and target where greater research investments on these parasitic diseases should be focused. Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites provides the intellectual challenge and stimulation needed to build a more concerted international effort on prevention of these zoonoses. It is an ideal volume for parasitologists, microbiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, and graduate students and professionals in the fields of public health, infectious disease, food safety and food science.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Liver Flukes....Pages 3-52
Intestinal Flukes....Pages 53-115
Paragonimiasis....Pages 117-150
Diphyllobothriasis: The Diphyllobothrium latum Human Infection Conundrum and Reconciliation with a Worldwide Zoonosis....Pages 151-184
Anisakid Nematodes and Anisakiasis....Pages 185-207
Capillariasis....Pages 209-234
Gnathostomiasis....Pages 235-261
Angiostrongyliasis....Pages 263-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Plant-Borne Trematode Zoonoses: Fascioliasis and Fasciolopsiasis....Pages 293-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Immunology of the Infection....Pages 337-381
Molecular Epidemiology of Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses....Pages 383-415
Back Matter....Pages 417-429

✦ Subjects

Parasitology; Microbiology; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen; Infectious Diseases; Virology; Food Science