Parasitic Diseases in the Contemporary World

Dear Colleagues,

Parasitic diseases, a group of medical conditions that are caused by a variety of pathogens including protozoa, helminths and ectoparasites, represent an increasing challenge in the modern world. International travel from developed to developing countries, on the one hand, and large-scale economic migration from developing to developed countries, on the other, have made the world a global village. This transfer of people has become associated with the rapid spread of pathogens that have not, until recently, been considered in epidemiological surveillance in many countries. Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in a sharp increase in the prevalence of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis in Italy, while migration from Central and South America has contributed to a rise in the prevalence of leishmaniases in Spain. Many European countries have seen a rise in the number of malaria cases imported by international travelers from Africa. In addition, global warming promotes the spread of vector-borne infections to countries with moderate climates. Due to this growing number of cosmopolitan and neglected tropical diseases, such as intestinal parasitic infections (caused by protozoa, nematodes, cestodes, trematodes), there is now a much higher epidemiological risk present in many European countries. This Special Issue therefore welcomes the submission of original studies or the results of meta-analyses that provide an overview of the latest advances in the field and enable experiences to be shared between researchers.

I would like to invite colleagues investigating any of the protozoan or helminthic infections, their epidemiology, immunology, detection via light microscopy or molecular methods, the clinical picture of parasitic diseases, and their treatment and prevention to submit manuscripts to this Special Issue in the form of original research and review articles.

Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Korzeniewski
Prof. Dr. Danuta Izabela Kosik-Bogacka
Guest Editors

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• protozoa
• helminths
• neglected tropical diseases
• epidemiology
• diagnostics
• treatment
• prevention