Parasitic Pathogens
A section of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Section Information
Parasitic diseases are caused by numerous and diverse infectious organisms, ranging from protozoa to helminths. Many of these pathogens have complex life cycles and require transmission by vectors, or may involve intermediate hosts. If only some of these parasites can be acutely lethal, many result in chronic infections that often cause severe morbidity, and thus they represent major global burdens on both human and animal health. Current research efforts are thus driven by the need to discover and develop novel antiparasitic drugs, but also by sheer curiosity, with the aim of unravelling the most original biological features of these fascinating pathogens.
This section welcomes contributions that include original research and review papers, covering all aspects of parasitology and host–parasite relationships in the context of the biological, medical, and veterinary sciences. This includes the latest findings in biochemical, molecular and cellular parasitology, but also immunology, genetics and epidemiology of parasitic diseases. However, it should be noted that case reports will only be considered if they bring considerable novelty to the field.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Foodborne and Waterborne Parasites: The Next Frontier of Food Safety (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Parasitic Infections and Diseases of Domestic Animals (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Advanced Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Anisakiasis and Anisakidae (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Parasites Series: Parasitic Infection, Characterisation and Host Health, Parasitic Diversity and Host Range (Deadline: 24 October 2023)
- Parasitic Diseases of Fish: Identification, Host-Parasite Interactions and Molecular Biology (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Foodborne Parasite: Transmission, Pathogenesis and Treatment (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Epidemiology and Management of Foodborne Parasitic Diseases (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Parasitic Helminths: Drug Resistance, Control and Immune Evasion (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Trichomonas vaginalis Infection (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Toxoplasma gondii and Food Safety (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Human Parasitic Diseases: Challenges and Progress in Drug Discovery and Target Identification (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Parasite Infection and Tropical Infectious Diseases (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Natural Products as Nematicidal Agents (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Toxoplasma Infection: Current Problems, Progress and New Challenges (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Free-Living Amoebae Infections (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- From Biology of Parasites to Tropical and Widespread Parasitic Diseases (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Pathogenesis and Treatment of Giardiasis (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Leishmaniasis: Transmission, Pathogenesis and Treatment (Deadline: 25 November 2023)
- Advances in Host-Helminth Interactions (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Current Research on Trypanosoma cruzi Infection 2023 (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Trypanosoma cruzi Biology, Pathogenesis and Promising Therapeutic Candidates for Intervention (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- New Insights into Kinetoplastid Parasites: Molecular and Cellular Aspects (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Aquatic Parasites (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- New Insights on Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Recent Advances in Taeniasis and Cysticercosis (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Parasites Infection and Immunity (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Parasitic Diseases—Second Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- One Health Approaches to Vector-Borne Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Host Immune Responses in the Control of Leishmania Infection and New Forms of Therapy for Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Research on the Epidemiology and Transmission of Filarial Diseases (Deadline: 22 January 2024)
- Rat Lungworm Disease (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Exploring the Biodiversity of Parasites in Humans, Wild and Domestic Animals (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Biology of Parasitism (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Babesia and Babesiosis in Animals (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Human Parasitic Infections (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- New Strategies for the Prevention, Control, Diagnosis and Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Parasitic Diseases of Domestic, Wild, and Exotic Animals (Volume II) (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Zoonotic Cestodiasis: Echinococcosis and Taeniasis (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Genomics and Epidemiology of Protozoan Parasites (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, and Drug Resistance in Nematode Parasites (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Parasites: Epidemiology, Treatment and Control: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in the One Health Based on Helminthology Research (Deadline: 8 August 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: