New Strategies for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases Caused by Parasites

Dear Colleagues,

Despite advances in treatment and prevention, diseases caused by parasites are still a significant public health problem worldwide, especially in the tropics. The mechanisms driving the pathogenesis of these life-threatening diseases that disproportionately affect people living in poverty are still not fully elucidated. This gap in knowledge has consequently limited the development of effective treatments (for the infection and the sequela of the disease, such as organ damage), non-invasive biomarkers of infection and morbidity, and improved diagnostic methods. Understanding the host-parasite interactions could help us to dissect the mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis and develop appropriate interventions to prevent infection and ameliorate or even revert the lesions induced by parasites in chronic infections.

This Special Issue aims to gather a collection of state-of-the-art and up-to-date articles covering recent advances in host-parasite interactions, the pathogenesis of parasitic diseases, therapeutical interventions, and point-of-care diagnostic tools for active infection and morbidity biomarkers. Submissions of basic and translational original research articles and reviews are welcome. Studies on neglected tropical diseases and host-parasite interactions in the intermediate host are encouraged to be submitted to this special edition.

Dr. Thiago Almeida Pereira
Guest Editor

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