Molecular Aspects of Host-Parasite Interactions

Dear Colleagues,

Global Burden of Disease studies have highlighted that parasitic infections are among the main causes for disabilities worldwide; for example, intestinal helminths account for billions of infections at a global level, with an important impact in terms of mortality and disability-adjusted life years.

To control parasite infections, the host immune response to these infectious agents must be understood and how exactly this response protects the host from parasites and/or their pathological consequences must be determined.

The comprehension of such mechanisms at a molecular level may be an extraordinary help in such a formidable task.

The focus of this Special Issue is as follows, with special emphasis on parasitic neglected tropical diseases:

• Molecules involved in the immune response to parasites (cytokines, chemokines, miRNA, etc.);
• Molecules involved in immune response escape by parasites and immunomodulation;
• Molecules in putative vaccines;
• Molecules that are potentially useful in new diagnostic tools.

Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Bruschi
Guest Editor

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