Diagnostic Biomarkers and Potential Drug Targets for Parasitic Nematodes
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Translational Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 295
Special Issue Editor
Interests: parasitic nematodes; genome sequencing; genome assembly; comparative genomics; biomarkers; metagenomics; microbiome; evolution; bioinformatics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Parasitic nematodes infect more than a billion humans worldwide, and are major parasites for pets, livestock, and agricultural crops. Diagnosis of infections and their treatments are the two key components in reducing the disease burden caused by these parasites. The recent advances in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and glycomics of parasites, as well as their hosts, has accelerated research in these areas. The successful use of antibiotics against endosymbionts such as Wolbachia in some filarial parasites has also emerged as another promising avenue of researching new drug targets. In addition, the effects of host, as well as parasite, microbiomes on disease dynamics continue to be explored.
This Special Issue focuses on the latest advances in the area of diagnosis of infections, and the development of new drugs and drug candidates against parasitic nematodes for use in humans and animals. The authors are invited to submit original research articles or comprehensive reviews in any of these areas.
Dr. Amit Sinha
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Parasitic nematodes
- Filariasis
- Biomarkers
- Molecular diagnostics
- Drug targets
- Neglected tropical diseases
- Wolbachia
- Microbiome
