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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Infectious Diseases of Poverty is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing topic areas and methods that address essential public health questions relating to infectious diseases of poverty. It covers biology of pathogens and vectors, diagnosis and detection, treatment and case management, epidemiology and modeling, zoonotic hosts and animal reservoirs, control strategies and implementation, new technologies and application, and transdisciplinary or multisectoral effects on health systems, ecohealth, environmental management, and innovative technology.

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Subject Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine
Impact Factor 5.5
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 2095-5162
eISSN 2049-9957
Invitation Only Yes
Cost Range Beginning from January 1, 2026, authors of articles accepted for publication in Acta Epileptologica need to pay an article-processing charge (APC).

Submission Instructions

Infectious Diseases of Poverty is an invitation-only journal. Submissions are accepted by invitation from the editorial board only. The following article types are accepted:

Research

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors have approved the submission, confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract Research manuscripts must include an abstract. The abstract must not exceed 350 words. The abstract must be structured. The abstract must include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and articles reporting health care interventions on human participants must also include a Trial registration section.
Manuscript Research manuscripts must include the section headings Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. Research manuscripts must include three to ten keywords, a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, include 'Not applicable' for any irrelevant Declarations subheading, and document any use of a Large Language Model in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver style. References must be numbered consecutively in square brackets in citation order, only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts or items available through public preprint servers may be cited, web links and URLs must appear in the reference list rather than the text, and datasets relied on by the paper should be cited with persistent identifiers expressed as full URLs.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than the graphic file, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the text file, and oversized tables may be uploaded as additional files. Figures must be numbered in the order first mentioned and multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, while tables must be numbered and cited in sequence, not embedded as figures or spreadsheet files, and footnotes must be used instead of endnotes with table footnotes indicated by superscript lower-case letters or asterisks.
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Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements. A graphical abstract image is required.
References References must follow Vancouver style. References must be numbered consecutively in square brackets in citation order, include web links and URLs in the reference list rather than the text, and exclude unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications from the reference list.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, and tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the document with their intended placement indicated in the text. Figures and tables must be numbered in sequence, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, table titles must not exceed 15 words, table legends and figure legends must not exceed 300 words, and tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Scoping Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, and, if applicable, name the special issue.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include Background, Methods, Results, and a short Conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page, Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords.
References References must follow Vancouver style. References must be numbered consecutively in square brackets in the order first cited, and web links and URLs must be included in the reference list rather than in the text.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, larger tables may be placed at the end of the text file, and figures must be uploaded as figure files. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order cited in the text, and tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Systematic Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, and, if applicable, name the special issue.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings background, methods, results, and a short conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page, Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords and a Declarations section.
References References must follow Vancouver style. References must not be cited in the abstract.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the text file, and figures must be uploaded as separate files. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order cited in the text, figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than the graphic file, and tables must not be embedded as figures.
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Brief Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, confirm that the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract Brief Reports must include an abstract. The abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Brief Reports must include a title page and a Declarations section with the subsections Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, and any nonrelevant subsection must still appear with 'Not applicable'. Brief Reports must include three to ten keywords and a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used.
References Brief Reports must use Vancouver reference style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list rather than in the text.
Figures & Tables Table titles must appear above the table and table legends must appear underneath the table. Tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files and must be formatted using the word processor's Table object function.
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Case Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and, for special issue submissions, name the special issue.
Abstract Case Reports must include an abstract. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Case presentation, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Case Reports must include the section headings Background, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusions, List of abbreviations, and Declarations. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords and, if abbreviations are used, they must be defined at first use and listed in a List of abbreviations section.
References References must follow Vancouver style. References must be numbered consecutively in square brackets in the order cited and web links or URLs must be included in the reference list rather than in the text.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file, tables shorter than one page can be placed within the manuscript, and larger tables can be placed at the end of the document or uploaded as additional files. Figures must be numbered in the order first mentioned and multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, while tables must be numbered in sequence, formatted using the word processor's Table object function, and not embedded as figures.
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Case Study

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, confirm that the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page, main text, a Conclusions section, and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords and must include every Declarations subsection heading even when not relevant, using 'Not applicable' where appropriate.
References References must use Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list in full with the site title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables less than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables larger than one page may be placed at the end of the document with callouts in the text, and figures must be provided as separate graphic files with titles and legends in the main manuscript. Figures must be numbered in the order first cited and multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, while tables must be numbered and cited in sequence, created using the word processor's table function, and must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, confirm that the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Correspondence manuscripts must include a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, with any nonrelevant section labeled 'Not applicable'. Correspondence must include three to ten keywords, and an Authors' information section is optional.
References Correspondence must include a maximum of ten references. References must follow Vancouver style. References, including URLs, must be numbered consecutively in square brackets in the order cited and listed in fully formatted BioMed Central style.
Figures & Tables Tables less than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables larger than one page may be placed at the end of the text file, and larger datasets or oversize tables may be uploaded as additional files. Footnotes must not contain figures or tables, and table footnotes must use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
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Recent Publications

Impact of COVID-19 on neglected tropical diseases in Zambia: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives

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Contrasting patterns of trematode and host snail dispersal across clusters of tropical crater lakes

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Mapping mosquitoes and their associated pathogens in West Africa

Qing Xu, Chen-Yu Wang, Jing Liu, Run-Ze Ye, Xiao-Yang Wang, Bao-Yu Wang, Shan-Shan Wang, Lin Zhao, Wu-Chun Cao

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Prevalence of mpox infection among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published, address journal policy issues, declare competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name any special issue if applicable. Potential peer reviewers may be suggested.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access publishing; Acta Epileptologica requires an APC beginning January 1, 2026.

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Research Topics

Parasites and Host Interactions Mosquito-borne diseases and control Global Maternal and Child Health Malaria Research and Control Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Zoonotic diseases and public health Viral Infections and Vectors COVID-19 epidemiological studies Child Nutrition and Water Access Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Healthcare Systems and Reforms Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Influenza Virus Research Studies Trypanosoma species research and implications Parasitic infections in humans and animals Helminth infection and control Vector-borne infectious diseases

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