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Feature Papers in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality papers in the fields of all tropical diseases of global significance, as well as neglected tropical diseases, as defined by the World Health Organization. We encourage researchers from various fields within the journal’s scope to contribute review papers highlighting the latest developments in their research field, or to invite relevant experts and colleagues to do so. The scope of the Special Issue includes, but is not limited to:
- Clinical tropical medicine;
- Tropical public health;
- Tropical infectious diseases;
- Parasitology and entomology;
- Bacteriology, mycology and virology;
- Epidemiological and social science studies;
- Chemotherapy and pharmacology;
- Immunology;
- Disease prevention, control and elimination;
- Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases;
- Emerging public health threats;
- Global health and One Health.
We encourage researchers from various fields within the journal’s scope to contribute papers highlighting the latest developments in their research field or to invite relevant experts and colleagues to do so. Original research, reviews, communications, commentaries, case reports and other types of article are kindly invited.
Dr. André Luis Souza dos Santos
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- tropical disease
- tropical medicine
- infectious diseases
- public health
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