Trends in Parasitology

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Parasitology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
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Malaria parasite phenotypic heterogeneity and the power of single-cell technologies85
Footprint of war: integrating armed conflicts in disease ecology84
Three Hungry Tryps: the efficient endocytic pathway of pathogenic trypanosomatids79
Targeting malaria parasites inside mosquitoes: ecoevolutionary consequences77
Advisory Board and Contents68
IFN-γ-mediated neuronal defense mechanism targets Toxoplasma68
Copper in parasitic protists – a hitherto neglected virulence factor56
Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus (bed bugs)51
How does primaquine prevent Plasmodium vivax malarial recurrences?48
Designing equity, diversity, and inclusion training for postgraduate parasitologists46
Tick extracellular vesicles in host skin immunity and pathogen transmission44
The 5th International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife: parasitology talks in the African bush44
Mansonella perstans – the forgotten filaria43
Physiological roles and metabolism of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in parasitic protozoa39
Is the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis declining?38
Resolving tissue and cellular functions of parasitic nematodes38
Pathogenic nematodes exploit Achilles’ heel of plant symbioses37
Cichlidogyrus casuarinus34
The sensory arsenal mosquitoes use to find us34
Decoding arthropod vector immunology through bona fide pathogens34
ICAP 2024: anaerobic protozoology in focus, a partnership with parasitology societies in the South Pacific34
Holding hands to halt malaria: stronger together through heterotypic antibody interactions33
Extraordinary parasite multiplication rates in human malaria infections33
Dicyema moschatum33
Genomic framework for malaria parasites: challenging but necessary32
Protein phosphatase 2A: a high-value target of virulence factors31
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Monocytes as primary defenders against Toxoplasma gondii infection30
Improving helminth genome resources in the post-genomic era30
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Highlighting male genital schistosomiasis in Malawi30
Giardia duodenalis29
Plasmodium falciparum ring-stage plasticity and drug resistance28
Malaria parasites do respond to heat28
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Cerebral manifestations of falciparum malaria in adults: more than meets the eye26
Amblyomma ovale26
Beyond genomics: a multiomics future for parasitology26
Evolution of parasitological knowledge: can the past inform the future?25
Varroa destructor25
The 125th anniversary symposium of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: the future of global health24
Deciphering the Plasmodium falciparum perinuclear var gene expression site24
Ligula intestinalis23
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No place to hide! A method for revealing hidden loci of infection22
Apart, together: reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic22
Conferring resistance to parasitic witchweed by shifting strigolactone biosynthesis22
Hydra 2022: return of the interactive conference on helminth parasitology after the pandemic22
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Transforming parasites into their own foes: parasitic extracellular vesicles as a vaccine platform22
Towards precision parasite management for livestock gastrointestinal nematodes in 203021
Progress and challenges in virus genomic epidemiology21
The biology and pathogenesis of vivax malaria21
Arthropod promoters for genetic control of disease vectors20
Evolution of the variant surface glycoprotein family in African trypanosomes20
The helminth holobiont: a multidimensional host–parasite–microbiota interaction20
Footprint of war: integrating armed conflicts in disease ecology20
Curiosities take the stage - role-play in parasitology teaching20
Gaps in parasitological research in the molecular era20
Reporter parasite lines: valuable tools for the study of Plasmodium biology20
Live attenuated anticoccidial vaccines for chickens20
Phasing out photosynthesis – and weaponising chlorophyll?20
Outlining the structure of cAMP compartments in Trypanosoma cruzi20
A systems biology approach to better understand human tick-borne diseases19
Are ChatGPT and other pretrained language models good parasitologists?19
Biomechanics of parasite migration within hosts19
The apicoplast transportome of the malaria parasite19
Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax19
The curious case of a cryptic Cryptosporidium and a missing dendritic cell subset18
Mechanistic insights into liver-fluke-induced bile-duct cancer18
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Porospora gigantea18
Degradation without ubiquitination: new function of a parasite effector18
Making a good malaria vaccine better18
A genomic can of worms for schistosome host-specificity18
Deceiving and escaping complement – the evasive journey of the malaria parasite18
East Coast fever, a neglected tropical disease with an outdated vaccine approach?17
Reframing transboundary animal diseases: a systems approach17
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Schistosoma mattheei and zoonotic schistosomiasis17
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Pharmacological targeting of the helminth complex II: are there any rhodoquinone-driven adaptations?17
Anopheles stephensi ecology and control in Africa17
Herminthology: promoting gender equity in science and parasitology17
Going ballistic: Leishmania nuclear subversion of host cell plasticity17
The troubled puberty of malaria parasites16
Actin subversion for productive Plasmodium hepatocyte invasion16
Creating a positive feedback loop in leadership to accelerate cultural change16
Drug-induced hypersensitivity to artemisinin-based therapies for malaria16
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Metabarcoding in gut protozoology16
Safeguarding malaria control gains in Africa through ‘species sanitation’ and structural resilience16
Haemaphysalis longicornis (Asian longhorned tick)15
Early passage of Toxoplasma gondii across the blood–brain barrier15
Potential and pitfalls of using identity-by-descent for malaria genomic surveillance15
The ‘bridge effect’ by intermediate hosts may explain differential distributions of Echinococcus species15
Plasmodium’s bottomless pit: properties and functions of the malaria parasite's digestive vacuole15
Exploring erythropoiesis: aging through the lens of malaria and microgravity15
The mosquito core virome: beyond the buzz15
Glycosylation in malaria parasites: what do we know?15
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Having your cake and eating it too – a new target for sporozoite-neutralising mAbs14
From a bimodal to a multi-stage view on trypanosomes’ differential RNA editing14
Cross-species immune activation and immunobiotics: a new frontier in vector-borne pathogen control14
Brain parasites and misorientation of migratory birds14
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Sec14 proteins in the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium and Toxoplasma14
Plant effectostimulins and nematode SUbventral-Gland Regulator promote parasitism14
A targetable receptor-binding site on PfCyRPA to aid in the fight against malaria14
Vector control: agents of selection on malaria parasites?13
Helminths and COVID-19 susceptibility, disease progression, and vaccination efficacy13
Cryptosporidium hominis13
Sarcoptes scabiei (scabies mite)13
Sense the moist and feel the heat: mosquito host and oviposition site detection13
Angiostrongylus costaricensis13
Wastewater-based surveillance of vector-borne pathogens: a cautionary note13
Revisiting the determinants of malaria transmission13
Was there a ‘Golden Age’ of parasitology?13
Teratogenic parasites: disease mechanisms and emerging study models13
Plasmodium development in Anopheles: a tale of shared resources13
Towards integrated malaria molecular surveillance in Africa13
Ivermectin and moxidectin against soil-transmitted helminth infections12
Anopheles stephensi in Africa: vector control opportunities for cobreeding An. stephensi and Aedes arbovirus vectors12
Rice diterpenoids rewire microbiome to fight plant-parasitic nematodes12
Entomophthora muscae12
The nutrient games – Plasmodium metabolism during hepatic development12
Sphaerospora molnari12
Gels and cells: the Leishmania biofilm as a space and place for parasite transmission12
Three encephalitis-causing amoebae and their distinct interactions with the host12
Parasites and childhood stunting – a mechanistic interplay with nutrition, anaemia, gut health, microbiota, and epigenetics12
Enterocytozoon bieneusi12
Paradigms in tick evolution11
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Anopheles coluzzii11
Converting and hoarding driven by protein phosphorylation in Toxoplasma gondii11
Making sense of sensory behaviors in vector-borne helminths11
The role of long noncoding RNAs in malaria parasites11
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The Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein10
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Amphibian helminths in Europe revisited: taxonomy, threats, and ecological insights10
microRNAs in parasite-induced liver fibrosis: from mechanisms to diagnostics and therapeutics10
Influence of schistosomiasis on host vaccine responses10
Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea)10
Unintended effects of urban policies on the risk of arbovirus transmission10
Arthropod adiponectin receptor-like proteins and microbial persistence10
To kill a tachyzoite: assault and battery10
Single-cell views of the Plasmodium life cycle10
Tick salivary glycans – a sugar-coated tick bite10
Trade-offs in virulence evolution: a Hierarchy-of-Hypotheses approach10
Sparicotyle chrysophrii10
Bangladesh in the era of malaria elimination10
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Unravelling mysteries at the perivascular space: a new rationale for cerebral malaria pathogenesis9
Same parasite, different outcomes: unraveling the epidemiology of Leishmania infantum infection in Brazil and Spain9
AI-powered microscopy image analysis for parasitology: integrating human expertise9
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The bite that binds: mosquito saliva mediates TLR2-driven flavivirus infection9
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RBC membrane biomechanics and Plasmodium falciparum invasion: probing beyond ligand–receptor interactions9
Immunological clues to sex differences in parasitic diseases9
Complementary therapeutic use of exercise in malaria’s neurocognitive sequelae9
Turning up the heat: infrared sensing during mosquito host-seeking9
Subcellular dynamics in unicellular parasites9
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Invasive Anopheles stephensi in Africa: insights from Asia9
γδ T cells in leishmaniasis: intrinsic factors and outcomes9
Feline vector-borne diseases: from local risks to global concerns9
Engineering insect–microbe symbiosis: synthetic microbial communities for sustainable insect management9
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MAM 2024: Malaria in a changing world8
Still running fast: Plasmodium ookinetes and sporozoites 125 years after their discovery8
Thwarting protein synthesis leads to malaria parasite paralysis8
Defining schistosomiasis hotspots based on literature and shareholder interviews8
Sideways: road to gene-by-gene functional screening in malaria parasites8
Penicillidia conspicua8
Mosquito transgenesis for malaria control8
Parasite effects on host’s trophic and isotopic niches8
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Commandeering the mammalian Ago2 miRNA network: a newly discovered mechanism of helminth immunomodulation8
Nanopore sequencing for malaria molecular surveillance: opportunities and challenges8
Advancing canopy-level entomological surveillance to monitor vector-borne and zoonotic disease dynamics8
Aethina tumida7
Tick and host microbiotas: immunomodulators in tick-borne diseases?7
Innovation through instability? Genome (dis)organisation in Trypanosoma cruzi7
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Babesia divergens7
Hijacking plant immunity: nematode effectors target NRC4 pathway7
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Making scents of mosquito repellents7
Protecting tissue integrity and enteric function: the case for type 2 inflammation and macrophages7
P-glycoproteins in anthelmintic safety, efficacy, and resistance7
Advances and challenges in synthetic biology for mosquito control7
To treat or not to treat: diagnostic thresholds in subclinical helminth infections of cattle7
Leveraging mosquito surveillance data to assess ecosystem health7
Peeling the onion: how complex is the artemisinin resistance genetic trait of malaria parasites?7
Imaging as a (pre)clinical tool in parasitology7
Helminthic host defense peptides: using the parasite to defend the host7
Navigating the boundaries between metabolism and epigenetics in trypanosomes7
Molecular surveillance of malaria scales up6
Current and upcoming point-of-care diagnostics for schistosomiasis6
Baylisascaris procyonis (Raccoon roundworm)6
Ixodes ricinus (Castor bean tick)6
Nudiviruses in free-living and parasitic arthropods: evolutionary taxonomy6
Ornithodoros moubata (African hut tampan; the eyeless tampan)6
Parasitology meets cryo-electron tomography – exciting prospects await6
Towards minimizing second-generation mis-identification of Blastocystis6
Parasite potpourri: Toxoplasma gondii lineage tracing in vivo6
Live attenuated vaccines, a favorable strategy to provide long-term immunity against protozoan diseases6
Revisiting the malaria hypothesis: accounting for polygenicity and pleiotropy6
Phylogenetic framework to explore trait evolution in Trypanosomatidae6
Using our understanding of interactions between helminth metabolism and host immunity to target worm survival6
BioMalPar at 21 – a coming of age for malaria research and interventions6
From invasion to outbreak: tick introductions and disease6
Hiding in plain sight: an epitope-based strategy for a subunit malaria vaccine6
Biological implications of long-term anthelmintic treatment: what else besides resistance are we selecting for?6
The Drug Design & Development Seminar 2024: combining efforts towards human and animal parasitic diseases6
Cross-kingdom RNAi to enhance the efficacy of insect pathogens6
Trichobilharzia regenti (bird nasal schistosome)6
Echinococcosis on the Tibetan Plateau, where to go?6
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Eimeria falciformis5
Parasite genome organization: come together, right now!5
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Origin and diversity of malaria parasites and other Haemosporida5
Malaria artemisinin resistance: an extracellular vesicles export hypothesis5
Translating mosquito viromes into vector management strategies5
Liver-stage malaria transcriptomes: what you don’t know can kill you5
Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)5
What is needed to achieve effective and sustainable control of African animal trypanosomosis?5
The 10th Tick and Tick-borne Pathogen Conference: reunited in progress5
Pas-de-deux: African Plasmodium falciparum adaptations to sickle hemoglobin5
Perceptions and misconceptions in visualizing parasite life cycles5
Tragedy of the commons: the resource struggle during Plasmodium infection5
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Do tissue-dwelling trypanosomes sustain transmission populations?5
À la carte: how mosquitoes choose their blood meals5
Drug resistance in Leishmania: does it really matter?5
Does attenuated plasmodial sporozoite-mediated protection require peroxynitrite?5
A breath of fresh air: impact of insect-borne protozoan parasites on the respiratory system5
Plasmodium malariae: the persisting mysteries of a persistent parasite5
Update on transmission of zoonotic Giardia in cattle4
Complex infections in vivax malaria: the more you look, the more you find4
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