Research
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.
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Fasciclin-calcareous corpuscle binary complex mediated protein-protein interactions in Taenia solium metacestode
Published on: 20 September 2017
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Deer presence rather than abundance determines the population density of the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus, in Dutch forests
Published on: 19 September 2017
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History of the discovery of the malaria parasites and their vectors
Published on: 1 February 2010
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LeishVet guidelines for the practical management of canine leishmaniosis
Published on: 20 May 2011
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Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010
Published on: 21 January 2014
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
Annual Symposium on Canine Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD)
[CVBD5] [CVBD6] [CVBD7] [CVBD8] [CVBD9] [CVBD10] [CVBD11] [CVBD12]
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
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
From Control to elimination: transmission threshold of schistosomiasis
Protozoan parasites and cell death
Historical aspects of parasitology
Collections published in collaboration with other journals:
From farm to plate - make food safe
Parasites & Vectors painting
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 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
25 September 2009 (Proceedings and Reviews)
Equine parasites: diagnosis and control - a current perspective
VOLUME 2 SUPPLEMENT 1
Seville, Spain. 25-28 March 2009 (Proceedings)
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.
APC-free period for Review articles
In celebration of our 10th Anniversary in 2018, we are pleased to announce that we will be waiving article-processing charges for review articles submitted to Parasites & Vectors from 1st September to 30th November 2017.
To take advantage of this offer please request a waiver during the submission process and enter the code REVIEW10.
Journal sections and Editors
Helminths and helminthic diseases
Editor-in-Chief: Aneta Kostadinova, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
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 Editor: Indra Vythilingam, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Protozoan biology and diseases
Subject Editor: Kevin Tyler, University of East Anglia, UK
Parasite genetics, genomics and proteomics
Subject Editor: Xing-Quan Zhu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Article collections
Subject Editor: Aneta Kostadinova, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Recent posts
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Stuck in Jelly – Hydrogels as a new method for Leishmania culture
Published on: 22 September 2017
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The action of actinonin: a new antimalarial drug and target
Published on: 15 September 2017
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To deworm or not to deworm?
Published on: 08 September 2017
Community news
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Grand Challenges Explorations Round 20 Opened - 12 September 2017
Advocacy for identifying certain animal diseases as “neglected” - 11 September 2017
Comparing protein domain architectures of 11 Plasmodium genomes - 11 September 2017
Presentation of the ASP 2017 Ashton Cuckler New Investigator Award to Dr. Heather Stigge - 11 September 2017
ISNTD Water 2017 - 08 September 2017
Illegitimate journals scam even senior scientists - 07 September 2017
ASP Presidential address: Parasitism, and the discovery of veiled secrets - 04 September 2017
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