Epidemiology and Immunopathology of Intestinal Helminthiasis and Schistosomiasis: From Experimental Data to Field Work
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitic Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2024 | Viewed by 1403
Special Issue Editors
Interests: immunoparasitology; helminthology; epidemiology; Schistosoma mansoni; soil-transmitted helminths
Interests: Schistosoma mansoni; Strongyloides stercoralis; immune response; pathology; diagnosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There has been substantial progress in the control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomiasis in many regions of the globe, and the World Health Organization (WHO) intends to move forward towards elimination and eradication of some of these main neglected tropical diseases, as stated in their new roadmap for 2021-2030.
Nevertheless, there are still many unknowns in this vast area of research, for example, the interactions between the microbiota and intestinal helminth species and the consequences on the immune response and/or associated pathologies, as well as the tissue-specific immune response signatures driven by helminth parasites, or the still very scarce or obsolete information on the epidemiology of STH, including Strongyloides stercoralis, or even the challenging topic of epidemiology and sensitive diagnosis of schistosomiasis during an era of elimination as a public health problem. In this Special Issue of Pathogens (Impact factor 4.531), entitled ‘Epidemiology and Immunopathology of Intestinal Helminthiasis and Schistosomiasis: From Experimental Data to Field Work’, we want to create a platform for original research articles, short reports, as well as opinion pieces that highlight the epidemiology and immunopathology of STH and schistosomiasis, using both experimental data and recently developed field work.
We are looking forward to your contribution. Please contact us if you are considering submitting a manuscript.
Dr. Stefan Geiger
Prof. Dr. Deborah Aparecida Negrão-Corrêa
Dr. Pedro H. Gazzinelli-Guimaraes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- schistosomiasis
- intestinal Helminths
- epidemiology
- immunoparasitology
- pathology
