The 2026 International Online Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: parasitic and zoonotic infections; travel and tropical medicine
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Interests: public health; epidemiology; spatial epidemiology; sustainable interventions; neglected tropical diseases; malaria; emerging infectious diseases
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Interests: emerging infectious disease; One health; global health security; health equity
Interests: infection control; long covid; COVID-19; antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the 2026 International Online Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease to be held 1–2 July 2026 (https://sciforum.net/event/CTMID2026). It is organized by MDPI and the Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease journal. All participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, which will be peer-reviewed and published in the journal.
You are also welcome to submit your abstracts to the conference sessions:
S1. Vector-Borne Diseases, chaired by Professor Basil Brooke;
S2. One Health – Zoonotic Diseases, chaired by Dr. Noore Alam;
S3. Neglected Tropical Diseases, chaired by Professor Archie Clements;
S4. Antimicrobial Resistance, chaired by Dr. Constantinos Tsioutis and Dr. Josette Raymond.
In this Special Issue, we welcome contributions from a variety of subject areas including recent research advances about neglected tropical diseases, vector-borne diseases, zoonotic diseases (One Health approaches) and antimicrobial resistance. Epidemiological surveys and research on other public health areas of global significance are also encouraged.
Prof. Dr. John Frean
Prof. Dr. Archie Clements
Dr. Noore Alam
Dr. Constantinos Tsioutis
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- vector-borne diseases
- parasitic diseases
- zoonotic diseases
- neglected tropical diseases
- One Health
- antimicrobial resistance
- burden of communicable diseases
- antimicrobial stewardship
- infection control
- travel health
- public health
- infectious diseases
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