This collection aims to promote the work of women scientists across all fields of parasitology. Please note to be considered for this collection, the first or last author must be a researcher who identifies as a woman. The scope of the collection aligns with that of the journal and will include the topics listed below.

We will cover the latest developments in parasitology across a variety of disciplines, including biology, medicine, and veterinary medicine. Among many topics discussed are chemotherapy and control of parasitic disease, and the relationship of host and parasite.

In Scope subjects:

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

The idea of this Issue, conceived during the last International Symposium on Fish Parasites (XI ISFP, Mérida, Mexico, January 2025) aims to collect research papers and reviews, focusing on the general and specific impacts of anthropogenic environmental changes on the biodiversity (at both species and gene level), ecology, and evolution of parasites of aquatic organisms.

Climate change, pollution, overfishing, and habitat degradation continue to reshape aquatic ecosystems. Thus, research that explores how parasite-host interactions may also shift under environmental stressors, is welcome. Studies on the possible implications for biodiversity, fisheries, food security, and public health related to the risks associated with parasitic invasions and zoonoses in aquatic ecosystems under the anthropogenic impacts, are also included.

Colleagues are invited to submit a short Synopsis about their possible contribution, to the Guest Editors' email address.

(simonetta.mattiucci@uniroma1.it; ppdleon@enesmerida.unam.mx; miguel.rubio@inecol.mx)

The following are some of the topics of interest for this Special Issue:

· Diversity, distribution and ecology of fish parasites – and their shifts during the Anthropocene

· Invasive parasites of fish and crustaceans, and their impact

· Parasite-driven pathology in fish – if possible, in wild populations

· "Omics” approaches to understand parasites’ responses to environmental stressors

· The influence of wild parasites on aquaculture

· Zoonotic fish parasites under the "One Health"approach

· Parasites as conservation tools – and subjects

· Thermal tolerance and climatic niches of parasites

· Host-parasite interactions in a changing environment

· Parasite evolution in the Anthropocene