Parasites and Parasitic Infections: Strategies to Control, Diagnose, and Treat Parasitic Diseases
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Public Health Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 38
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue, “Parasites and Infection: Strategies to Control, Diagnose, and Treat Parasitic Diseases” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms/special_issues/EKV2CA5307)
Parasitism is an ecological relation between two organisms of different species in which one is metabolically dependent (parasite) on the other (host). In this close relationship, the parasite benefits at the host's expense but does not necessarily kill the latter. In humans, parasitic infections hamper development and still cause high mortality, especially in children in developing countries. In addition, parasitic infections in poultry, cattle, or swine, for example, are responsible for economic losses in livestock. Although parasitic infections have a significant impact on human health, the great majority of them are neglected and receive little attention from companies due to their low potential economic return. The lack of financial support hampers the development of new diagnosis tools, control strategies, vaccines, and new efficacy and safe treatments. This Special Issue focuses on original or review papers that describe new tools for improving the diagnosis, prevention, control, and treatment of diseases caused by parasites.
Dr. Érica S. Martins-Duarte
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- protozoan
- ectoparasites
- helminths
- vaccine
- new drugs
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