Basic parasitology research underpins several scientific disciplines and developments in medicine, veterinary science, and agriculture. The integration of laboratory and field work ensures that results from basic science are readily translatable. There is a long-standing tradition of highly successful and productive collaboration between parasitologists throughout the world. Researchers working in Africa or collaborating with scientists based in Africa have contributed significantly to our current understanding of tropical and nontropical parasites.

We invite investigators working in Africa to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will showcase the exciting work being conducted in the field of parasitology and stimulate the continuing efforts to integrate traditional parasitology approaches with cutting edge technologies to control parasitic diseases. This issue will also highlight the importance of coinfections and multiple causes of disease and pathology and thus the importance of integrated parasite control in both human and animal hosts. We are particularly interested in articles integrating different approaches and disciplines emphasising the potential translational aspects. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Novel concepts for development and testing of parasitic vaccines
• Application of genomics to study parasite and vector phenotypes to inform control
• Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and molecular markers for resistance surveillance
• New approaches to parasite diagnosis
• Recent trends in parasite epidemiology (such as risk factors genetic and environmental determinants of infection), control and prospects for elimination

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