Editorial Board

ACTA TROPICA FULL TEXT ONLINE AT WWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COM Aims and Scope: Acta Tropica is an international journal on infectious diseases that covers public health sciences and biomedical research with particular emphasis on topics relevant to human and animal health in the tropics and the subtropics. Its scope includes the biology of pathogens and vectors, host-parasite relationships, mechanisms of pathogenicity, clinical disease and treatment, and we welcome contributions in basic or applied research in disciplines such as epidemiology, disease ecology, diagnostics, interventions and control, mathematical modeling, public health and social sciences, climate change, parasite and vector taxonomy, host and parasite genomics, biochemistry and immunology, and vaccine testing. Contributions may be in the form of original papers, review articles or short communications. Manuscripts of minimal international relevance, case reports, descriptions of anti-parasitic effects of crude biological extracts, and control strategies at very early inconclusive laboratory stages of development will not be considered for publication. Important Guidelines for Acceptance Editors and the Editorial Board of Acta Tropica provide the following guidelines to help authors prepare manuscripts of high quality that can be considered for publication. Maximize your chances of acceptance by making sure your manuscript: -Matches the scientific scope of the journal, -Presents results that significantly advance science including innovative new approaches, -Meets quality standards of presentation and literature citation, -Demonstrates potential public health or biomedical impact. The above points are critical for publication of original papers. Be aware Editors carefully evaluate initial manuscript submissions and only those meeting the above criteria will be forwarded for review. If reviewed favorably and the authors seriously address all concerns, then chances of acceptance are increased. Review papers, in addition, are expected to carefully synthesize the literature and make recommendations to advance respective scientific fields. Editors: Norbert W. Brattig Tropical Medicine Section, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany (Tel.: +49 40 42818 530; Fax: +49 40 42818 400; E-mail: [email protected]). K. Berzins Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, The Arrhenius Laboratories F5, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden (Tel: +46-8-164170, Fax: +46-8-166488; E-mail: [email protected]). F. Guhl Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, Email: [email protected]. J. Beier Professor and Chief, Division of Environment & Public Health Department of Public Health Sciences University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Clinical Research Building 1120 NW 14th Street Miami, Florida 33136 USA (Tel: 305-256-3474; Fax: 305-256-1306; E-Mail: [email protected]) Reviews Editor: J. Beier Professor and Chief, Division of Environment & Public Health Department of Public Health Sciences University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Clinical Research Building 1120 NW 14th Street Miami, Florida 33136 USA (Tel: 305-256-3474; Fax: 305-256-1306; E-Mail: [email protected])

Editorial Board J.R. Baker (Cambridge, UK) D. Campbell (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) P. Chiodini (London, UK) M.C. Eisler (Scotland, UK) H. Feldmeier (Buchholz, Germany) A. Flisser (Mexico City, Mexico) A. Hassanali (Nairobi, Kenya) C. Hatz (Basel, Switzerland) N. Kabatereine (Kampala, Uganda) P. Köhler (Zürich, Switzerland)

I. Krantz (Skövde, Sweden) S. Manguin (Montpellier, France) D.P. McManus (Brisbane, Australia) S. Nwaka (Geneva, Switzerland) N. Ørnbjerg (Charlottenlund, Denmark) Z.S. Pawlowski (Poznan´, Poland) K.D. Ramaiah (Pondicherry, India) C.T.D. Ribeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) L. Rombo (Eskilstuna, Sweden) V.E. do Rosário (Lisboa, Portugal) G.A. Schaub (Bochum, Germany)

P. Steinmann (Basel, Switzerland) A. Tomkins (London, UK) J. Utzinger (Basel, Switzerland) M. Wahlgren (Solna, Sweden) J. Waikagul (Mahidol University, Thailand) W.H. Wernsdorfer (Vienna, Austria) M.L. Wilson (Michigan, USA) S. Zakeri (Tehran, Iran) B. Zingales (Sao Paulo, Brazil) X.-N. Zhou (Shanghai, China)

For a full and complete Guide for Authors, please go to: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/actatropica Publication information: Acta Tropica (ISSN 0001-706X ). For 2016, volumes 153–164 (12 issues) are scheduled for publication. Subscription prices are available upon request from the Publisher or from the Elsevier Customer Service Department nearest you or from this journal’s website (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/actatropica). Further information is available on this journal and other Elsevier products through Elsevier’s website (http://www.elsevier.com). Subscriptions are accepted on a prepaid basis only and are entered on a calendar year basis. Issues are sent by standard mail (surface within Europe, air delivery outside Europe). Priority rates are available upon request. Claims for missing issues should be made within six months of the date of dispatch. Orders, claims, and journal inquiries: please contact the Elsevier Customer Service Department nearest you. St. Louis: Elsevier Customer Service Department, 3251 Riverport Lane, Maryland Heights, MO 63043, USA; phone: (877) 8397126 [toll free within the USA]; (+1) (314) 4478878 [outside the USA]; fax: (+1) (314) 4478077; e-mail: [email protected] Oxford: Elsevier Customer Service Department, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK; phone: (+44) (1865) 843434; fax: (+44) (1865) 843970; e-mail: [email protected] Tokyo: Elsevier Customer Service Department, 4F Higashi-Azabu, 1-Chome Bldg, 1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan; phone: (+81) (3) 5561 5037; fax: (+81) (3) 5561 5047; e-mail: [email protected] Singapore: Elsevier Customer Service Department, 3 Killiney Road, #08-01 Winsland House I, Singapore 239519; phone: (+65) 63490222; fax: (+65) 67331510; e-mail: [email protected] Author inquiries: You can track your submitted article at http://www.elsevier.com/track-submission. You can track your accepted article at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle. You are also welcome to contact Customer Support via http://support.elsevier.com Processed at Thomson Digital, Gangtok (India)