Parasites & Vectors

Editor-in-Chief

Aneta Kostadinova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Aims and scope

Parasites & Vectors publishes articles on the biology of parasites, parasitic diseases, intermediate hosts, vectors and vector-borne pathogens. Manuscripts published in this journal will be available to all worldwide, with no barriers to access, immediately following acceptance.

Founding Editor

Chris Arme, Keele University, UK

Featured video: How temperature influences the fitness of fish and their tapeworm parasites

Content type: Short report
| 24 September 2018

A novel candidate species of Anaplasma that infects avian erythrocytes

Authors: Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Michael J. Yabsley, Nola J. Parsons, Liandrie Swanepoel and Pierre A. Pistorius
Content type: Research
| 20 September 2018

Spectrophotometric analysis of lipid used to examine the phenology of the tick Ixodes ricinus

Authors: Swaid Abdullah, Saran Davies and Richard Wall
Content type: Short report
| 20 September 2018

First report of Giardia duodenalis infection in bamboo rats

Authors: Xun Ma, Yi Wang, Hui-Jun Zhang, Hao-Xian Wu and Guang-Hui Zhao
Content type: Research
| 20 September 2018

Distribution and genetic diversity of Blastocystis subtypes in various mammal and bird species in northeastern China

Authors: Jianguang Wang, Baiyan Gong, Xiaohua Liu, Wei Zhao, Tong Bu, Weizhe Zhang, Aiqin Liu and Fengkun Yang
Content type: Research
| 20 September 2018

Culex tarsalis is a competent vector species for Cache Valley virus

Authors: Victoria B. Ayers, Yan-Jang S. Huang, Amy C. Lyons, So Lee Park, Stephen Higgs, James I. Dunlop, Alain Kohl, Barry W. Alto, Isik Unlu, Bradley J. Blitvich and Dana L. Vanlandingham

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Content type: Research
| 24 April 2014

Survival and swimming behavior of insecticide-exposed larvae and pupae of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

Authors: Hudson VV Tomé, Tales V Pascini, Rômulo AC Dângelo, Raul NC Guedes and Gustavo F Martins
Content type: Review
| 1 February 2010

History of the discovery of the malaria parasites and their vectors

Authors: Francis EG Cox
Content type: Research
| 28 March 2015

Efficacy of orally administered fluralaner (Bravecto^TM) or topically applied imidacloprid/moxidectin (Advocate®) against generalized demodicosis in dogs

Authors: Josephus J Fourie, Julian E Liebenberg, Ivan G Horak, Janina Taenzler, Anja R Heckeroth and Regis Frénais
Content type: Review
| 20 May 2011

LeishVet guidelines for the practical management of canine leishmaniosis

Authors: Laia Solano-Gallego, Guadalupe Miró, Alek Koutinas, Luis Cardoso, Maria Grazia Pennisi, Luis Ferrer, Patrick Bourdeau, Gaetano Oliva and Gad Baneth
Content type: Review
| 23 March 2011

Zoonotic helminths affecting the human eye

Authors: Domenico Otranto and Mark L Eberhard

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Evaluation of Vector Control against West Nile Fever in Europe

Immunity against Leishmaniasis: host defences, immunotherapy and vaccines

SimparicaTM: Comparative Efficacy of sarolaner, a novel oral ectoparasiticide for dogs

The LCNTDR Collection: Advances in scientific research for NTD control

Quantitative analysis of strategies to achieve the 2020 goals for neglected tropical diseases: where are we now?

Annual Symposium on Canine Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD)

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Vector-borne Diseases and Global Health

A new combination of fipronil and permethrin for the control of ectoparasites of dogs

Surveillance of mosquito vectors in Europe

Bravecto ^TM

These collections are open to submissions:

Primers in parasites and vectors

Mathematical models for parasites and vectors

Elimination of parasitic infections

Planarians to Parasitism: Evolution, Development and Stem Cells in Flatworms

Aspects of parasitology in the People's Republic of China: surveillance, diagnosis, infection and immunity

From Control to elimination: transmission threshold of schistosomiasis

Protozoan parasites and cell death

Historical aspects of parasitology

Collections published in collaboration with other journals:

Every day is Malaria Day

From farm to plate - make food safe

The gut-brain axis: Emerging evidence in health and disease

Co-infection and Syndemics

Rare Diseases Day 2013

Open Access Africa: Showcasing African research

Parasites & Vectors painting

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When the journal launched in 2008, Founding Editor, Chris Arme, commissioned this abstract painting to represent the journal scope. The artist is Dr Frederic Thomas, Parasitologist at CNRS/IRD, France. You can download a copy of the painting here.

Supplements

VOLUME 10 SUPPLEMENT 2
New Orleans, LA, USA. 11-13 September 2016 (Research)
Proceedings of the 15th American Heartworm Society Triennial Symposium 2016

VOLUME 10 SUPPLEMENT 1
Vienna, Austria. 11-13 July 2016 (Meeting abstracts)
Abstracts of the Fifth European Dirofilaria and Angiostrogylus Days

VOLUME 7 SUPPLEMENT 1
Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 8-11 April 2014 (Meeting abstracts)
Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Neglected Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases (EurNegVec): with Management Committee and Working Group Meetings of the COST Action TD1303

VOLUME 2 SUPPLEMENT 2
Edited by Donato Traversa and Lourdes Mottier
Equine parasites: diagnosis and control - a current perspective

VOLUME 2 SUPPLEMENT 2
Seville, Spain. 25-28 march 2009
Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Canine Vector-Borne Diseases

Kinetoplastid Biology & Disease and Filaria Journal

Parasites & Vectors expands upon the scope of two former BioMed Central publications, Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease and Filaria Journal, both of which ceased publication in December 2007. The full archives of these two journals remain available from the Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease and Filaria Journal websites and PubMed Central.

Contacting Parasites & Vectors

All enquiries relating to the suitability of new submissions should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Aneta Kostadinova, at aneta.kostadinova@gmail.com or aneta.kostadinova@uv.es. For general enquiries, please contact the Editorial Office. Further information on journal sections and contacting Subject Editors may be found here.

Journal sections and Editors

Helminths and helminthic diseases
Subject Editor: Hesham Al-Mekhlafi, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

Parasites of veterinary importance
Subject Editor: Emanuele Brianti, University of Messina, Italy

Vector-borne zoonoses and One Health
Subject Editor: Filipe Dantas-Torres, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Brazil

Dipteran vectors and associated diseases
Subject Editors: Indra Vythilingam, University of Malaya, Malaysia and David Weetman, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Protozoan biology and diseases
Subject Editor: Frank Katzer, Moredun Research Institute, UK

Parasite genetics, genomics and proteomics
Subject Editor: Xing-Quan Zhu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Article collections
Subject Editor: Aneta Kostadinova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

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One Health and the community – the AfyaData tool

25 September 2018
One Health and the community – interview with Professor Esron Karimuribo

21 September 2018
Switching on the production of malaria sexual stages

14 September 2018

Primers on parasites and vectors

Submit a Primer article to 'Primers on Parasites and Vectors'. This article collection provides short, authoritative and accessible accounts that explore the basic and applied biology of selected parasites, intermediate hosts, vectors and vector-borne pathogens. Find out more here.