Overview
- This book provides an overview of the biology of the planorbid snail Biomphalaria glabrata
- This snail is of great importance in medical and economic zoology as a vector of important trematode fluke diseases in human and veterinary medicine and in wildlife biology
- This book appeals to a wide scientific audience with its approach and focus
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the biology of the planorbid snail Biomphalaria glabrata mainly as related to the snail’s role as a host of larval trematodes . This snail is of great importance in medical and economic zoology as a vector of important trematode (fluke) diseases in human and veterinary medicine and in wildlife biology. Moreover, this snail is a useful model for numerous basic studies in biology and chemistry. A book that provides modern coverage of diverse topics from the molecule to the community of this snail as related to larval trematode parasitism is not available. This book should appeal to a wide audience of biologists, ecologists, biochemists, malacologists, parasitologists, public health workers, epidemiologists, and graduate and advanced undergraduate students in biomedical and allied health sciences.
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes
Editors: Rafael Toledo, Bernard Fried
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7028-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7027-5Published: 07 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8239-1Published: 13 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7028-2Published: 07 October 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 244
Topics: Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Biomedicine general