Molecular Perspectives in the Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment, and Vaccination against Parasitic Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 910
Special Issue Editors
Interests: native antigen; recombinant protein; recombinant chimeric or fusion protein; diagnostic; subunit vaccine; DNA vaccine; epidemiology; antibody; cytokine
Interests: parasites of humans and animals; protozoan parasites; infectious diseases, water-borne, food-borne, airborne pathogens; health and water; public health; transmission routes; molecular diagnostics
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Dear Colleagues,
Recent years have shown that climate change, urbanization, human population growth, and its interference with the natural environment translate into incidences of parasitic diseases among intermediate and final hosts. Moreover, we observe that parasitic diseases that have so far been characteristic of tropical zones are more and more often detected in other parts of the globe, resulting from global warming and, consequently, the migration of parasitic disease vectors and their final hosts. Additionally, the very common and well-known parasite infections caused by others members of Apicomplexa, including Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora sp., or Plasmodium spp., still pose a significant threat to the health and even survival of their hosts. This constitutes a huge challenge for research centers searching for new and effective drugs and/or vaccines that could increase the effectiveness of combating and counteracting parasitosis.
The development of the techniques used in molecular biology, genetic engineering, biochemical research, pharmacology, etc., allows for the improvement of existing and the development of new diagnostic methods, as well as the design of effective strategies for the control and prevention of parasitic diseases.
The current Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for molecular research on parasitic diseases, with a particular emphasis on potential advancements in their diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
This Special Issue is supervised by Dr. Bartłomiej Tomasz Ferra and Dr. Anna Lass, assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Dandan Hu (Guangxi University).
Dr. Bartłomiej Tomasz Ferra
Dr. Anna Lass
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- parasitoses
- vaccines
- diagnostic
- epidemiology
- prevention
- antibodies
- cytokines
- immune system
- treatment
- native antigen
- recombinant protein
- chimeric recombinant protein
- multiepitope recombinant protein
- pharmaceutical analogues
- PCR
- molecular techniques
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