Along with the direct effects of an invasive host organism, there are additional threats from co-introduced pathogenic and parasitic species. Bringing together information on parasite invasions for the first time, this book explores parasite invasion impacts, evolution, epidemiology, political and industrial links and diagnosis techniques.

Contributions by: Karolina Bacela-Spychalska, Louise Barwell, David Bass, April M H Blakeslee, Jamie Bojko, Amy L. Burgess, Lucy Butler, Morag Clinton, Amber J. Collings, Alison M Dunn, Rachel Foster, M. Anouk Goedknegt, Jack A. Goode, James Guilder, Helen Hesketh, Adam Kennerley, Osamu Miura, Christopher S. Moore, Ed Peeler, Freya Pellie, Bethan Purse, Helen E. Roy, David W. Thieltges, Hannah Tidbury, Mark E. Torchin, Ava Waine, Daniel A. Warren, Louisa E. Wood