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Call for papers - Epidemiology of travel-related and tropical infectious diseases

Guest Editor

Shanti Narayanasamy, MBBS, Dip.Trop.Med, BA/BSc(Hons), MSc(GH), Duke University, United States
Asma Sohail, MBBS, FRACP, BBioMedSci, MPHTM, DTMH, CTH, Monash University, Australia

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 7 December 2024


BMC Global and Public Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on the epidemiology of travel-related and tropical infectious diseases. Global travel was at record levels prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (UNWTO) and continues to rebound post-pandemic. Travelers can contract infectious diseases, including rare and exotic infections often found in tropical areas of the world. These infectious diseases often present public health challenges in countries where they are endemic, as well as in countries that do not commonly see such infections. To highlight the challenges and capture global efforts and novel approaches in this area, BMC Global and Public Health is pleased to announce a call for papers for this upcoming Collection.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Shanti Narayanasamy, MBBS, Dip.Trop.Med, BA/BSc(Hons), MSc(GH), Duke University, United States

Dr Shanti Narayanasamy is an Infectious Diseases physician in the Department of Medicine at the Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne in Australia, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University. Dr. Narayanasamy's research interests include issues of equity in global health, local and global health justice, and the role of race in medicine. Her current research is focused on improving diagnostics for a neglected HIV-associated infection – Talaromyces marneffei, improving access to SARS-CoV-2 treatment and diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries and understanding how physicians operationalize race in medicine.

Asma Sohail, MBBS, FRACP, BBioMedSci, MPHTM, DTMH, CTH, Monash University, Australia

Asma is an infectious diseases physician with expertise and clinical experience in tropical and travel medicine. She has a particular interest in tropical and travel medicine research and is currently undertaking a PhD in infectious diseases epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University.

About the Collection

BMC Global and Public Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on the epidemiology of travel-related and tropical infectious diseases. Global travel was at record levels prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (UNWTO) and continues to rebound post-pandemic. Travelers can contract infectious diseases, including rare and exotic infections often found in tropical areas of the world. These infectious diseases often present public health challenges in countries where they are endemic, as well as in countries that do not commonly see such infections. To highlight the challenges and capture global efforts and novel approaches in this area, BMC Global and Public Health is pleased to announce a call for papers for our upcoming Collection entitled ‘Epidemiology of travel-related and tropical infectious diseases', guest edited by Dr Shanti Narayanasamy from Duke University, United States, and Dr Asma Sohail from Monash University, Australia. We envision that this work will inform future research, frameworks, intervention development, and policy.

We are now inviting the submission of Research, Comment, Review and Opinion articles of outstanding interest covering a breadth of studies and advances in the epidemiology of travel-related infections and tropical diseases, that are focused on:  

●    International or national trends in travel-related infectious diseases
●    Travel-related infectious disease epidemiology
●    Imported infectious disease epidemiology
●    Tropical infectious disease epidemiology
●    Surveillance of travel-related infectious diseases
●    Surveillance of tropical infectious diseases
●    Infectious diseases in young travelers 
●    Sexually transmitted infections and travel
●    Infectious diseases and migration
●    Conflict and infectious disease
●    Emerging tropical diseases
●    Neglected tropical diseases
●    Travel-related infectious disease in high-risk traveler groups

We encourage work from local, regional, national and global partnerships and collaboration among scientists from multi-disciplinary fields and using multiple methodologies. We ask that authors be attentive to the use of non-stigmatizing/preferred language in their manuscripts as outlined in relevant language guidelines for their respective fields. 

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There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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To submit your manuscript, please use the BMC Global and Public Health online submission system and indicate in your covering letter that you would like the article to be considered for the Epidemiology of travel-related and tropical infectious diseases collection. If you would like to enquire about the suitability of a manuscript for consideration, please email bmcglobalpublichealth@biomedcentral.com.