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Prof. Dr. Geoff Hide
Prof. Dr. Geoff Hide
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Editor-in-Chief
Biomedical Research Centre, School of Science Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
Interests: molecular epidemiology;
Toxoplasma; trypanosomes; protozoan parasites; host-parasite interactions; ecology of parasitic diseases; host resistance to parasites
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Prof. Dr. Maurizio Francesco Brivio
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Francesco Brivio
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Associate Editor
Lab of Comparative Immunology and Parasitology, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
Interests: insect immunity; innate immunity; parasitology; nematodes; host-parasite interaction
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Dr. David Carmena
Dr. David Carmena
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Associate Editor
Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain
Interests: zoonotic diseases; protist; helminth; cryptosporidium; giardia; blastocystis; enterocytozoon; echinococcus; diagnosis, molecular epidemiology; transmission dynamics; evaluation socioeconomic impact
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Prof. Carlos Alves
Prof. Carlos Alves
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Editorial Board Member
Molecular Biology Laboratory of Endemic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
Interests: parasite–host interaction; Leishmania spp.; biochemistry; proteins; proteases; gene expression
Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Bruschi
Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Bruschi
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Translational Research, N.T.M.S., Università di Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: immunology and diagnosis of human parasitic diseases; human infectious disease epidemiology; SDS-PAGE; western blotting; imnnunohistochemistry; biotechnology; PCR; gelatin zymography
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Dr. Rafael Calero-Bernal
Dr. Rafael Calero-Bernal
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SALUVET, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: apicomplexan parasites of zoonotic interest; epidemiology of foodborne parasites; molecular pathways in virulence and drug susceptibility in protists
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Dr. Simon Clegg
Dr. Simon Clegg
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Joseph Banks Laboratories, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
Interests: veterinary; transmission; prevalence; control; zoonotics
Prof. Dr. Siddhartha Das
Prof. Dr. Siddhartha Das
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
Interests: parasitic protozoan; Giardia; Entamoeba; metabolism; protein function; lipid pathways; drug discovery; parasite–host interactions
Prof. Dr. Theo de Waal
Prof. Dr. Theo de Waal
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Editorial Board Member
School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, D04 W6F6 Dublin, Ireland
Interests: veterinary parasitology; anthelmintic resistance;
Cryptosporidium;
Toxoplasma; tick-borne diseases; parasite control
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Dr. Edit Eszterbauer
Dr. Edit Eszterbauer
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Editorial Board Member
Fish Parasitology Research Team, Veterinary Medical Research Institute, H-1143 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: fish parasitology; taxonomy; phylogeny; host-parasite interactions
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1. Unité de Biostatistiques, Direction de la Recherche Clinique (DRCI), CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
2. Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire C. Nicolle de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
Interests: foodborne and waterborne protozoa; Giardia; Cryptosporidium; free living amoeba
Dr. José Antonio Fernández Robledo
Dr. José Antonio Fernández Robledo
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Editorial Board Member
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544-0380, USA
Interests: molecular parasitology; blue biotechnology; parasite vaccine development; marine natural products
Dr. Gábor FÖLDVÁRI
Dr. Gábor FÖLDVÁRI
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Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: eco-epidemiology; parasitology; diseases ecology, emerging infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; ticks; tick-borne diseases; climate change
Prof. Dr. Solange Maria Gennari
Prof. Dr. Solange Maria Gennari
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Orlando Marques de Paiva, São Paulo 05408-270, Brazil
Interests: coccidian parasites; epidemiology; Toxoplasma gondii; helminthes; animals
Dr. Benjamin Gourbal
Dr. Benjamin Gourbal
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IHPE, University Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Univ. Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
Interests: comparative immunology; evolution of immunity; invertebrate innate immunity;
Biomphalaria glabrata;
Schistosoma mansoni; compatibility polymorphism; specificity; immune recognition; immune priming; innate immune memory; molecular mechanisms; trans-generational immune priming; comparative molecular approaches; transcriptomic; proteomic; epigenomic
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Prof. Dr. Andrew Hemphill
Prof. Dr. Andrew Hemphill
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Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: neosporosis; toxoplasmosis; besnoitiosis; echinococcosis; drugs; vaccines; host-parasite interactions
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Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 17493 Greifswald, Germany
Interests: medical and veterinary entomology; vector ecology; vector-borne disease epidemiology; pathogen–vector interactions
Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Karanis
Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Karanis
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Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, 21 Ilia Papakyriakou, 2414 Engomi, Nicosia CY-1700, Cyprus
Interests: infectious parasitic diseases; neglected diseases; climate change
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Dr. Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
Dr. Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
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Editorial Board Member
1. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, UK
2. St Hughs College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, UK
Interests: biology of Strepsiptera and other entomophagous parasitoids
Prof. Dr. Wei Li
Prof. Dr. Wei Li
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Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
Interests: protozoan; transmission; host adaptation mechanism; invasion; host-pathogen interactions
Dr. Jacob Lorenzo-Morales
Dr. Jacob Lorenzo-Morales
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Departamento de Obstetricia, Ginecología, Pediatría, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Toxicología, Medicina Legal y Forense y Parasitología, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Avda. Astrofísico F. Sánchez, 2, 38206 La Laguna, Spain
Interests: free living
Amoebae; therapeutics; emerging parasitic protozoa; diagnosis; natural compounds; synthetic compounds
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Prof. Dr. Zhao-Rong Lun
Prof. Dr. Zhao-Rong Lun
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Editorial Board Member
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: gene function; evolution and epidemiology of zoonotic parasites particularly zoonotic trypanosomes; Toxoplasma gondii; Giardia lamblia; Trichomonas vaginalis; Schistosoma japonicum
Dr. Sutherland Maciver
Dr. Sutherland Maciver
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Editorial Board Member
Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
Interests: free-living amoebae; Naegleria; Acanthamoeba; Actin cytoskeleton; symbiotic bacteria; ancestral eukaryotes
Dr. Maria Victoria Periago
Dr. Maria Victoria Periago
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técninas (CONICET), Fundación Mundo Sano, Buenos Aires C1127AAR, Argentina
Interests: epidemiology and control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH); STH diagnostics; control and prevention of echinococcosis
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Dr. Romain Pigeault
Dr. Romain Pigeault
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Ecology Evolution Symbiosis Team, EBI Laboratory, University of Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France
Interests: evolutionary ecology; host-parasite interaction; arthropod vector; vector-borne diseases; Plasmodium
Dr. Richard Ian Samuels
Dr. Richard Ian Samuels
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Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28013-602, Brazil
Interests: insect pathology; biological control of vectors; entomopathogenic fungi; parasitic fungi; bioactive compound
Dr. Jair L. Siqueira-Neto
Dr. Jair L. Siqueira-Neto
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Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Interests: drug discovery and development against parasitic diseases; high throughput screening; Chagas disease; leishmaniasis
Dr. Melissa Louise Sykes
Dr. Melissa Louise Sykes
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Editorial Board Member
Discovery Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD), Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane 4111, Australia
Interests: drug discovery for Chagas disease utilising in vitro image-based methods; persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi in chronic Chagas disease; image-based investigation of parasite replication; compound optimisation