Antiparasitic Treatment and Experimental Pharmacotherapy of Echinococcosis
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (11 December 2023) | Viewed by 14764
Special Issue Editors
Interests: echinococcosis; Echinococcus spp.; experimental pharmacological treatment; murine models of echinococcosis; albendazole; neurocysticercosis; essential oils; plant extracts
Interests: apicomplexan parasites; toxoplasma; neospora; besnoitia
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease entitled, “Antiparasitic treatment and Experimental Pharmacotherapy of echinococcosis”.
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by cestodes of the genus Echinococcus. They cause a variety of diseases in humans, including cystic echinococcosis, alveolar echinococcosis, and neotropical echinococcosis. The World Health Organization has recognized them as “Neglected Tropical Diseases”.
Echinococcus spp. has an indirect, two-host life cycle where the definitive host is always a carnivore. Numerous species of intermediate hosts (herbivorous or omnivorous) are susceptible to infection with the metacestode following accidental ingestion of the eggs.
Pharmacological treatment of echinococcosis is applicable to the various stages of Echinococcus spp.-related infections, in the intermediate host (including humans) and in the definitive host (domestic or wild animals). Anti-parasitic drugs can kill or delay the development of the stages of Echinococcus spp. However, the type of drugs or treatment schedules may be different for the various stages and the various diseases.
In this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of full articles and review articles presenting novel concepts regarding the pharmacological treatment of echinococcosis, including human and animal anti-parasitic treatment, in vitro and in vivo drug screening, experimental animal models of echinococcosis, pharmacotechnical strategies to improve the efficacy of albendazole, drug discovery and potential drug targets, natural products, and phytomedicine.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. María Celina Elissondo
Dr. Andrew Hemphill
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- echinococcosis
- Echinococcus spp.
- albendazole
- pharmacological treatment
- pharmacotechnical strategies
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