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An international journal on parasitology that includes
- General, Biological, Medical and Veterinary Parasitology
- Protozoology, Helminthology, Entomology
- Morphology (incl. Pathomorphology, Ultrastructure)
- Biochemistry, Physiology (incl. Molecular Biology)
- Parasite-Host-Relationships (incl. Immunology, Host Specificity)
- Life History, Ecology, Epidemiology
- Diagnosis, Chemotherapy and Control of Parasitic Diseases

Editors-in-Chief:

Una Ryan
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
Murdoch University, Perth Campus
Murdoch, Western Australia 6150
e-mail: una.ryan@murdoch.edu.au

Julia Walochnik
Molecular Parasitology
Medical University of Vienna
1090 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: julia.walochnik@meduniwien.ac.at
Section Editors:
Arthropods and Medical Entomology
Norbert Becker, German Mosquito Control Association (KABS), Speyer, Germany
Neil Chilton, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Guido Favia, UNICAM, Camerino, MC, Italy
Helge Kampen, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald, Germany 
Boris Krasnov, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
Charlotte Oskam, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Domenico Otranto, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy

Fish Parasitology
Stephen A. Bullard (Ash), Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Sascha Hallett, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Astrid Holzer, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Simonetta Mattiucci, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico
Shokoofeh Shamsi, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Christopher Whipps, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA

Genetics, Evolution, and Phylogeny
Neil Chilton, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Leonhard Schnittger, Instituto de Patobiología, CICVyA and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marta M.G. Teixeira, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lihua Xiao, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
Xing-Quan Zhu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, PR China

Helminthology (Medical and Veterinary)
Bruce Conn, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, USA
Christoph G. Grevelding, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hiroshi Sato, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
Elizabeth M. Warburton, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel
Dante S. Zarlenga, USDA, Animal Parasitic Diseases Lab, Beltsville, MD, USA

Immunology and Host-Parasite Interactions
Bruno Gottstein, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Sarah Hendrickx, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
Nawal S.H. Hijjawi, The Hashemite University, Jordan
Dana Mordue, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
Kalyanasundaram Ramaswamy, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL, USA
Tobili Sam-Yellowe, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Sabine Specht, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland

Protozoology (Medical and Veterinary)
Berit Bangoura, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Yaoyu Feng, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, PR China
Sarah Hendrickx, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
Nawal S.H. Hijjawi, The Hashemite University, Jordan
Daniel Howe, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Laryssa Howe, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Panagiotis Karanis, Qinghai University, Xining, PR China, and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
David Lindsay, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Kevin S.W. Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Marta M.G. Teixeira, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Treatment and Prophylaxis
Kalyanasundaram Ramaswamy, University of Illinois, Rockford, IL, USA



Editorial Board:

J.S. Ahmed, Borstel
G. Benelli, Pisa
X.G. Chen, Guangzhou
P.-H. Clausen, Berlin
A. Daugschies, Leipzig
J.-F. Dubremetz, Montpellier
R. Entzeroth, Dresden
A. Estrada-Peña, Zaragoza
H.-P. Fuehrer, Wien
F.A. Abdel Ghaffar, Cairo
U. Groß, Göttingen
A. Hörauf, Bonn
P. Holman, College Station
I. Igarashi, Obihiro
M.C. Jenkins, Beltsville
A. Joachim, Wien
S. Klimpel, Frankfurt/Main
M. Lanzer, Heidelberg
T. Laskay, Lübeck
B. Loos-Frank, Stuttgart
P.T. LoVerde, San Antonio
R. Lucius, Berlin
C. Lüder, Göttingen
Z.R. Lun, Guangzhou
A. Mathis, Zürich
M. A Morales, Notre Dame
P. O'Donoghue, Brisbane
R. Pospischil, Monheim
J. Richter, Düsseldorf
G. Schaub, Bochum
Patrick L. Scheid, Koblenz
J. Schrével, Paris
A.A. Siddiqui, Lubbock
N. Singh, Punjab
W. Solbach, Lübeck
C. Strube, Hannover
A. Thompson, Murdoch
A.G.M. Tielens, Utrecht
A. Turberg, Leverkusen
K. Williamson, Chicago
Z. Wu, Guangzhou
H. Yoshikawa, Nara