Host–Parasite Interactions

Dear Colleagues,

Parasitism is one of the most successful modes of life, given the extent of current and past diversity of parasitic species. Such success is the result of a variety of mechanisms evolved by parasitic species to confront and evade the responses of their hosts, together with their capacity to adapt the metabolic processes of their hosts for their own benefit. Interactions between hosts and their parasites play a central role in their evolution and greatly influence their biology and transmission. Despite the unquestionable progress achieved in recent years, we still do not fully understand many of the biological, biochemical, and immunological components affecting and regulating the host–parasite interface. This lack of knowledge hampers research areas, including vaccine development, among many others. Advances in these areas will make, therefore, important contributions to the control and/or limitation of these infections. This topic will include reviews and research articles on the topic "interactions between hosts and parasites". While the reviews will focus on the future of parasitology, the research articles will address pertinent questions about the co-evolution between these organisms and discuss findings through the lens of evolutionary biology. Please send me an abstract prior to submission to make sure that your work falls within the scope of this Topic. For this topic, we welcome research articles, reviews, and communications that cover include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

1. Host recognition and parasite evasive strategies
2. Immune responses and host defense mechanisms
3. Mechanisms of host infection and host cell invasion
4. Parasite replication, differentiation and survival in the host
5. Host metabolic pathway
6. Emerging treatment strategies to combat parasitic infections
7. Cell biology of organelles involved in host/parasite interaction
8. Vaccine development

Prof. Dr. Maurizio Francesco Brivio
Dr. David Carmena
Topic Editors