The Official, International Journal of the Japanese Society of Parasitology

Parasitology International provides a medium for rapid, carefully reviewed publications in the field of human and animal parasitology. Original papers, rapid communications, and original case reports from all geographical areas and covering all parasitological disciplines, including structure, immunology, cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and systematics, may be submitted. Reviews on recent developments are invited regularly, but suggestions in this respect are welcome. Letters to the Editor commenting on any aspect of the Journal are also welcome.



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Editors-in-Chief
Y. Nawa
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Tropical Disease Research Laboratory, Khon Kaen University, 123 Mitraparp Highway, 40002, Khon Kaen, Thailand Phone +66-890196632 Email Y. Nawa
K.F. Hoffmann
Inst. of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Edward LWYD Building Edward Llwyd Building, SY23 3DA, Penglais, Aberystwyth, UK, Fax: +44 (0)1970 622307 Phone +44 (0)1970 622237 Email K.F. Hoffmann
D.J. Bzik
Dartmouth Medical School, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, New Hampshire, USA, Fax: +1-603-650-6223 Phone +1-603-650-7951 Email D.J. Bzik
Managing Editor
E. Nagayasu
Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Div. of Parasitology, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Oaza-Kihara, 889-1692, Kiyotake, Japan, Fax: +81 985 84 3887 Phone +81 985 85 0990 Email E. Nagayasu
Review Editor
T. Nozaki
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Editorial Board
I.C. Almeida
El Paso, Texas, USA
D. Blair
Queensland, Australia
K. Brehm
Würzburg, Germany
J-Y. Chai
Seoul, The Republic of Korea
P. Cravo
Lisbon, Portugal
T. Cribb
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J.F. Da Silveira
São Paulo, Brazil
W. De Souza
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
H. Del Portillo
Barcelona, Spain
D. Eichinger
New York, New York, USA
C.M. Gupta
Lucknow, India
H. Hasegawa
Oita, Japan
J.M. Hawdon
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
H. Hisaeda
Maebashi, Japan
C. Hokke
Leiden, Netherlands
T. Horii
Osaka, Japan
A. Ito
Hokkaido, Japan
K. Jones, PhD
Gatton, Queensland, Australia
Y. Kong
Gyeonggi-do, The Republic of Korea
F.Y. Liew
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
L. Maes
Antwerp, Belgium
H. Maruyama
Kiyotake Miyazaki, Japan
Y. Matsumoto
Tokyo, Japan
Y. Miyahira
Saitama, Tokorozawa City, Japan
N. Mueller
Bern, Switzerland
M. Nakao
Hokkaido, Japan
T. Nara
Tokyo, Japan
P. Odermatt
Basel, Switzerland
K. Ogawa
P.D. Olson
London, UK
W.A. Petri
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
A.L. Scott
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
P. Sinnis
New York, New York, USA
Y. Suzuki
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
T. Tsuboi
Ehime, Japan
N. Tsuji
Tsukuba, Japan
D. Williams
Chicago, Illinois, USA
D. Woods
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
F.P. Zavala
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
X.-N. Zhou
Shanghai, China