Dear Colleagues,

Gastrointestinal infections caused by bacteria, parasites (helminths and intestinal protozoa). and viruses account for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, with the highest burden still concentrated in the resource-constrained settings of tropical and subtropical countries.

While new molecular diagnostic techniques have revealed the importance of multiple co-infections in both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, a causal association between specific pathogens and subsequent clinical disease is often difficult to infer. Additionally, there is considerable setting-specificity with regard to the most prevalent pathogens so that tailored approaches are needed to improve diagnostic algorithms and clinical management.

Indeed, the wide range of potential pathogens calls for a combination of different diagnostic techniques, which is often difficult to implement in low-income countries. Hence, new rapid diagnostic tests and point-of-care assays hold promise to improve the diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness of syndromic approaches in different clinical settings.

This Special Issue aims to address new developments in the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic techniques (including comparative diagnostic studies), treatment, prevention, and control of acute, persistent, and chronic infectious disorders of the gastrointestinal tract in individuals living in or returning from the tropics. Basic research on the pathogenesis of specific intestinal infections will be considered, as well as clinical, diagnostic, epidemiological, and cost-effectiveness studies assessing enteric pathogens in a variety of settings. Manuscripts addressing specific treatment and control interventions, including therapeutic trials and vaccine studies, are also of high interest.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease.

Prof. Dr. Sören Becker
Guest Editor

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• Acute, persistent and chronic diarrhea
• Clinical features and diagnostic techniques
• Digestive disorders
• Enteric pathogens (bacteria, helminths, intestinal protozoa, viruses)
• Epidemiology and spatial mapping
• Gastrointestinal infections
• Neglected tropical diseases
• Treatment, prevention, and control

• Diarrheagenic Pathogens and Gastrointestinal Infections in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (5 articles)