In the five decades since the first publication of the International Journal for Parasitology,
ecological parasitology has grown from modest beginnings to become a modern discipline …

Parasites are important pathogens with significant global economic, public and animal
health impacts. Successful control or elimination of many parasitic diseases, not least …

In an era where some find fake news around every corner, the use of sensationalism has
inevitably found its way into the scientific literature. This is especially the case for host …

Parasites, and the diseases they cause, are important from an ecological and evolutionary
perspective because they can negatively affect host fitness and can regulate host …

Amidst global shifts in the distribution and abundance of wildlife and livestock, we have only
a rudimentary understanding of ungulate parasite communities and parasite-sharing …

Host organisms show altered phenotypic reactions when parasitised, some of which result
from adaptive host manipulation, a phenomenon that has long been debated. Here, we …

Acanthocephalans constitute a small taxonomic group related to rotifers and specialized in a
parasitic lifestyle. Anurans act as paratenic and definitive hosts and infections always occur …

High-throughput sequencing strategies became commonly employed to study non-model
parasites, but the corresponding genomes and transcriptomes were seldom mined following …

ABSTRACT A full account of the world's species is important for understanding how natural
systems are structured, how they function and how they will respond to natural and …

The growth of scientific knowledge is often likened to the evolution and diversification of life:
new disciplines branch off older ones, and subsequently prosper or decline in a manner …