Abstract
Helminths are medically and economically important parasites of many higher and lower animals. Several hundred million people, especially in countries of the third world, suffer from diseases caused by these parasites. Only a few representatives of the helminths will be mentioned here:
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the blood flukes, Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, and S, japonicum causing bilharziosis;
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the hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus;
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the filariae, Wucheria bancrofti and Brugia malayi causing elephantiasis, Onchocerca volvulus causing the “river blindness”, and the eyeworm Loa Loa;
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the large intestinal roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides.
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Koolman, J., Walter, J., Zahner, H. (1984). Ecdysteroids in Helminths. In: Hoffmann, J., Porchet, M. (eds) Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Mode of Action of Invertebrate Hormones. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69922-1_30
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