Research Advances and New Perspectives on Helminthic Diseases
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editors
Interests: helminths; filarial parasites; molecular eco-epidemiology; neglected disease vectors (NDVs)
Interests: neglected tropical diseases; malaria and NTDs control and elimination in developing countries; intervention studies to inform health policy changes for more effective and sustainable disease control strategies; WASH and chemotherapy for NTD control; soil-transmitted helminths
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Dear Colleagues,
In the developed world, helminthic diseases, many of which are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), no longer present the public health problem they once did. Helminthic infections, however, still inflict a heavy disease burden on millions in the tropics, where many of the world´s poorest and most vulnerable communities live. This Special Issue aims to turn a spotlight on current helminthic diseases (majorly neglected helminthic diseases) research by gathering research and opinions in a single Special Issue. Studies and commentaries on all themes related to helminthic diseases, including onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminths, as well as food-borne trematode infections, are welcomed. Research and opinions on mansonellosis, loiasis, dirofilariasis, and other severely neglected helminthic diseases is especially encouraged. Manuscripts dealing with a wide range of themes, including parasite and vector biology, taxonomy, diagnostics, and epidemiology, will all be considered. Research related to emerging technologies and artificial intelligence, as applied to helminthic diseases, is encouraged, as are new perspectives and advances made using traditional methodologies.
Dr. James Lee Crainey
Prof. Dr. Susana Vaz Nery
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- neglected helminthic diseases
- helminth infections
- parasite and vector biology
- diagnostics
- epidemiology
- emerging technologies like artificial intelligence
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