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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Filipe Dantas-Torres, MV, MSc, DSc, PhD, FRES, EBVS Veterinary Specialist in Parasitology, Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil

Subject Editors
Dipteran vectors and associated diseases
Fredros Okumu, PhD, Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania
Marco Pombi, PhD, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Helminths and helminthic diseases
Martin Walker, PhD, Royal Veterinary College and Imperial College London, UK

Parasite genetics, genomics and proteomics
Xing-Quan Zhu, PhD, Shanxi Agricultural University, China

Parasite Immunology
Prof. Dr. Friederike Ebner, Technische Universität München, Germany

Parasites of veterinary importance
Adnan Hodžić, DVM, MVSc, PhD, Dipl. EVPC, University of Vienna, Austria

Protozoa and protozoan diseases
Pegine Walrad, PhD, University of York, UK

Ticks and tick-borne diseases
Anna Bajer, PhD, University of Warsaw, Poland

Founding Editor
Chris Arme, PhD, DSc (Emeritus Professor) University of Keele, UK

Associate Editors: Dipteran vectors and associated diseases
Dr. Norbert Becker, PhD, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Gioia Bongiorno, PhD, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Luciano V. Cosme, PhD, Yale University, USA
Sara Epis, PhD, University of Milan, Italy
Josiane Etang, PhD, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Claudia Fortuna, PhD, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Bruno Gomes da Silva, PhD, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
Camila González Rosas, PhD, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Basile Kamgang, PhD, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine/OCEAC, Cameroon
N. Pradeep Kumar, PhD, lCMR - Vector Control Research Centre, India, (Emeritus)      
Camila Lorenz, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Marta Maia, PhD, University of Oxford, UK
Ademir Martins, PhD, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
Pie Müller, PhD, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
Ellie Sherrard-Smith, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Sibao Wang, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Charles Wondji, PhD, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Associate Editors: Helminths and helminthic diseases
Martha Betson, PhD, MA, MSc, FHEA, University of Surrey, UK
Carlos Graeff Teixeira, PhD, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil
Scott Lawton, PhD, Scotland's Rural College, UK
Joaquin Prada, PhD, University of Surrey, UK

Associate Editors: Parasite genetics, genomics and proteomics
Guangxu Ma, PhD, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University
Jenny Maloney, PhD, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, USA
Juan David Ramírez, PhD, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Seth Redmond, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Javier Sotillo-Gallego, PhD, National Centre for Microbiology, Spain

Associate Editors: Parasite Immunology
Barbora Pafčo, PhD, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Adler Dillman, PhD, University of California, Riverside, USA

Associate Editors: Parasites of veterinary importance
Pablo Borrás, DVM, Centro Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion en Endemo Epidemias, Argentina
Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai, DACVM, PhD, Kansas State University, USA
Alicia Rojas, PhD, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Alireza Sazmand, DVM, PhD, Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran
Antonio Varcasia, DVM, PhD, University of Sassari, Italy

Associate Editors: Protozoa and protozoan diseases
Carolina Catta-Preta, PhD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health, USA
Kaio Cesar Chaboli Alevi, PhD, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) and Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil
Caroline Dewar, MBiochem, PhD, Lancaster University, UK
Christopher Fernández Prada, DVM MSc PhD, Université de Montréal, Canada
Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, PhD, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Joanna Hildebrand, PhD, University of Wrocław, Poland
Iván Pastor Fernandez, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Marta Maruszewska-Cheruiyot, PhD, Lazarski University, Poland
Suzanne McDermott, PhD, Seattle Children’s Research Institute Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, and University of Washington School of Medicine, USA
Louisa Messenger, PhD, MSc, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, US

Associate Editors: Ticks and tick-borne diseases
Jairo Mendoza, PhD, University of Bari, Italy
Andrei Daniel Mihalca, PhD, MSc, DVM, Dipl. ECZM, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, DVM, DSc University of Concepción, Chile
Prof. Dr. med. vet. Cornelia Silaghi, Friedrich Loeffler Institut, Germany

Editorial Board
Giovanni Benelli, PhD, University of Pisa, Italy
Janette Bradley, PhD, University of Nottingham, UK
Basil Brooke, PhD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa
Cinzia Cantacessi, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
Maureen Coetzee, PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Doug Colwell, PhD, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Vincent Corbel, PhD, L’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Benin
Tim Day, PhD, Iowa State University, USA
Heather Ferguson, PhD, FRSE, University of Glasgow, UK
Wendy Gibson, PhD, DSc, University of Bristol, UK
David Gorla, PhD, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
Mario J Grijalva, PhD, Ohio University, USA
Edmundo Grisard, PhD, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Simon Hay, DPhil, DSc, FMedSci, University of Washington, USA
Geoff Hide, PhD, University of Salford, UK
Hilary Hurd, PhD, (Emeritus Professor) University of Keele, UK (Senior Blog Editor for the BugBitten blog)
Roberta Iatta, DPHC, PhD, University of Bari, Italy
Louise Kelly-Hope, PhD, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Gerry Killeen, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
Bart Knols, PhD, K&S Consulting, Netherlands
Benjamin Koudou, PhD, University of Abobo-Adjamé, Côte d'Ivoire
Jo Lines, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Donald P McManus, DSc, PhD, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Raphael N'Guessan, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Benin
Pin Nie, PhD, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Peter Olson, PhD, The Natural History Museum, UK
Ellie Sherrard-Smith, PhD, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Frederic Simard, PhD, L’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France
Olivier A E Sparagano, MSc, PhD, CBiol, PGCErtHE, FHEA, FSTVM, FSB, FRES, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hein Sprong, PhD, National Institute of Public Health and Environment, Netherlands
Dietmar Steverding, PhD, University of East London, UK
Prof. Dr. Bernd Sures, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Mark Taylor, PhD, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Andrew Thompson, BSc, PhD, DIC, Murdoch University, Australia
Donato Traversa, DVM, University of Teramo, Italy
Jürg Utzinger, PhD, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
Guilherme G Verocai, DVM, MSc, PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Anthony Walker, PhD, Kingston University, UK
Samuel Wanji, PhD, University of Buea, Cameroon
Susan Welburn, PhD, University of Edinburgh, UK
Stephen Wikel, PhD, Quinnipiac University, USA
Xiao-Nong Zhou, PhD, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, CDC, China

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