Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): Early Detection and Treatment towards Rational Control
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366). This special issue belongs to the section "Neglected and Emerging Tropical Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 23525
Special Issue Editors
Interests: NTDs; epidemiology; immunodiagnostics; drug development
Interests: neglected tropical diseases; novel diagnostics and treatment strategies in parasitic diseases; travel medicine; vaccinology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) contribute significantly to the global health burden. Diagnosis and treatment are crucial to the control of NTD transmission. The increase in morbidity in late diagnosis and the frequent occurrence of the development of resistance to mainstay drugs for the management of many NTDs make diagnosis and treatment interventions among the core strategies highlighted to achieve the 2030 NTDs elimination target. These two interventions have evolved from classical or traditional methods to more advanced approaches such as proteomics, nanotechnology, DNA technology, microRNAs, and other small non-coding RNAs. Recently, there has been renewed advocacy on operational approaches for the deployment of NTDs diagnostics and treatment. The latter aims to provide a paradigm shift towards achieving equity in the mapping of NTD cases and mass drug administration in endemic countries.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions from one or more of the following NTDs: Chagas disease, dengue, dracunculiasis, endemic treponematoses, cysticercosis, human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, echinococcosis, leprosy, foodborne trematode infections, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, rabies, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases, Buruli ulcer, and trachoma.
The focus of the submissions will address diagnosis and treatment approaches toward the control of the listed NTDs. Importantly, this Special Issue shall also welcome submissions that apply the One Health and operational research framework to the diagnosis and treatment of one or more NTDs.
Dr. Oyetunde T. Oyeyemi
Dr. Mirjam Schunk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- NTDs
- diagnosis
- treatment
- One Health
- operational research
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