More than seven decades of Acta Tropica: Looking back to move into the future
| Autor: | Jürg Utzinger, Andrea Graf, L. Meier, Akuto A Konou, Giovanni Casagrande, Norbert W. Brattig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economic growth
Veterinary (miscellaneous) Ecology (disciplines) Climate Change 030231 tropical medicine Global Health 030308 mycology & parasitology 03 medical and health sciences Globalization 0302 clinical medicine Urbanization Tropical Medicine parasitic diseases Pandemic Global health Humans 2. Zero hunger Sustainable development 0303 health sciences Poverty 1. No poverty Neglected Diseases Sustainable Development 3. Good health Infectious Diseases Insect Science Neglected tropical diseases Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | Acta tropica. 226 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6254 |
| Popis: | Acta Tropica is an international, peer-reviewed journal advancing scientific research in the fields of tropical medicine and parasitology. This article elucidates the rich history of the journal and speculates about its future. Acta Tropica was launched in 1944 and formed an integral part of the establishment and running of the Swiss Tropical Institute in Basel. After two distinct periods of relatively small publication activities (1944-1976 and 1977-1988), in 1989, Acta Tropica was transferred to the Dutch publisher Elsevier. Subsequently, the annual number of publications steadily increased and the scope of the journal broadened to the biology of pathogens and their vectors and genetics, host-parasite relationships, mechanisms of pathogenicity, diagnostics, and treatment of tropical diseases. The body of published articles contributed to an improved understanding of the prevention, surveillance, control, and elimination of diseases that are intimately linked to poverty, such as malaria and neglected tropical diseases. In recent years, the scope of Acta Tropica was widening to target emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, epidemics and pandemics, interrelations of microbes, viruses, and parasites, co-dependencies of epidemiology, ecology, environment, and climate changes. Importantly, non-communicable diseases are gaining interest in low- and middle-income countries due to urbanization, globalization, and rapidly changing life styles, and hence, these issues receive growing prominence. Acta Tropica continues to embrace inter- and indeed transdisciplinary research to address pressing global health issues and sustainable development. |
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