Tick-Borne Diseases and the Spirochetoses in the Tropical Zone

Dear Colleagues,

Vast are the topics of tick-borne diseases and spirochetoses, but a focus on these entities in the Tropical Zone is timely. Although submissions concerning temperate zones will also be considered, encouraged are manuscripts with a focus on the zone between the Tropic of Cancer (23◦ 26’ 11.6” N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23◦ 26’ 11.6” S). Ticks in this zone differ from those in the temperate zones, each tick species having a unique biology, ecology, and potential for transmission of potentially pathogenic bacteria, parasites, and viruses to humans, domestic animals, as well as wildlife.

Spirochetal diseases in the Tropical Zone include syphilis, leptospirosis, Lyme borreliosis, relapsing fever borreliosis, and the endemic treponematoses (yaws, pinta, and bejel). Sought are manuscripts providing new insights into the basic biology and epidemiology of these illnesses, as well as illuminating case reports that add to human knowledge of clinical manifestations of these illnesses. Manuscripts on advances in diagnosis and treatment and works discussing the differentiation of relapsing fever borrelioses from malaria in the Tropical Zone where both co-exist are encouraged.

Dr. Kenneth B. Liegner
Dr. Clement Meseko
Dr. Mualla McManus
Dr. Leona Gilbert
Guest Editors

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