Molecular Aspects of Host-Parasite Interactions
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitic Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 1676
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Interests: immunology and diagnosis of human parasitic diseases; human infectious disease epidemiology; SDS-PAGE; western blotting; imnnunohistochemistry; biotechnology; PCR; gelatin zymography
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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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Keywords
- immune response molecules
- escape mechanisms
- immunomodulation
- vaccines
- diagnostic tools
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