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Editorial: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (2018)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Aebischer, Toni

Matuschewski, Kai

Hartmann, Susanne (WE 6)

Quelle

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Bandzählung: 8

Seiten: 1 – 3

ISSN: 2235-2988

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00012/full

DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00012

Kontakt

Institut für Immunologie

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 51834
immunologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

The aim of this research topic is to illustrate the multidisciplinary approaches of modern parasitology. The motivation to study parasites and parasitism varies. In the case of human and animal parasites, research is often motivated by the tremendous health threats and socioeconomic burden they pose. For instance, Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, continues to be the most important vector-borne pathogen and was responsible for more than 200 million new cases and 400,000 deaths worldwide in 2016 (WHO, 2016a). Another example is soil-transmitted helminth infections affecting 24% of the world’s population, primarily school children (WHO, 2017). Many parasites are etiologic agents of infections classified as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and continue to afflict societies with limited resources (Hotez et al., 2007). Moreover, research on parasites of wildlife can be critical for understanding animal communities and disease ecology (Gomez and Nichols, 2013; Johnson et al., 2015) and—by extrapolation—ecosystems’ dynamics.