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

Articles

Content type: Research
| 23 May 2019

Species composition, blood meal hosts and Plasmodium infection rates of Anopheles mosquitoes in Ghibe River Basin, southwestern Ethiopia

Authors: Dejene Getachew, Teshome Gebre-Michael, Meshesha Balkew and Habte Tekie
Content type: Research
| 22 May 2019

Characterization of a broad-based mosquito yeast interfering RNA larvicide with a conserved target site in mosquito semaphorin-1a genes

Authors: Keshava Mysore, Ping Li, Chien-Wei Wang, Limb K. Hapairai, Nicholas D. Scheel, Jacob S. Realey, Longhua Sun, David W. Severson, Na Wei and Molly Duman-Scheel
Content type: Research
| 22 May 2019

Development of large-scale mosquito densovirus production by in vivo methods

Authors: Yan Sun, Yunqiao Dong, Jing Li, Zetian Lai, Yanqiang Hao, Peiwen Liu, Xiaoguang Chen and Jinbao Gu
Content type: Research
| 22 May 2019

Efficacy of the mermithid nematode, Romanomermis iyengari, for the biocontrol of Anopheles gambiae, the major malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Ayaba Z. Abagli, Thiery B. C. Alavo, Rafael Perez-Pacheco and Edward G. Platzer
Content type: Research
| 22 May 2019

Effect of intestinal tapeworms on the gut microbiota of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio

Authors: Pei P. Fu, Fan Xiong, Wen W. Feng, Hong Zou, Shan G. Wu, Ming Li, Gui T. Wang and Wen X. Li

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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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European helminth infection risks and reported deworming frequencies for dogs and cats

Global distribution of Taenia saginata

Credelio for cats

Credelio

Exzolt

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)

[CVBD5] [CVBD6] [CVBD7] [CVBD8] [CVBD9] [CVBD10] [CVBD11] [CVBD12] [CVBD13] [CVBD14]

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

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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.

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.

Featured collection:

New Content Item 14th Symposium on Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD)
Published 26th March 2019

VII Parasitology Summer Course (VII ParSCo)

Residency Course on: Parasites, Arthropod Vectors and Transmitted Pathogens in the Mediterranean Area

New Content Item

VII ParSCo will run from the 22^nd June to 29^th June 2019.
Read more about the course and hear from tutors and past students.

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: Agustin Estrada Peña, University of Zaragoza, Spain

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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A new era in mosquito-borne disease surveillance

17 May 2019
Why find the needle in the haystack?

10 May 2019
Manchester BSP Spring Meeting Part 2: News, awards and more celebrations

07 May 2019

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.