Invitation to submit to a new article collection

Tropical Medicine and Health Editor-in-Chief: Masahiro Hashizume (Japan)     SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT  |  EDITORIAL BOARD  |  SUBMISSION GUIDELINES  |  ARTICLE ALERTS

Dear Prof CERASALE MORTEO, We wanted to share with you a new article collection published in our open access journal Tropical Medicine and Health. To celebrate the successes of PacELF - the Pacific Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis, we have published a collection of Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in the Pacific - A PacELF success. It provides an overview and bibliography of LF in the Pacific, and reports on the progress towards elimination in selected countries. Please read the highlighted articles below. You may also read the whole collection here. The collection is still open for submissions until the end of the year. Highlighted Articles RESEARCH Prevalence and risk factors associated with lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration   Shaun P. Coutts, Jonathan D. King, Molisamoa Pa’au, Saipale Fuimaono, Joseph Roth, Mary Rose King, Patrick J. Lammie, Colleen L. Lau and Patricia M. Graves Abstract   |  Full text   |  PDF RESEARCH Surveillance efforts after mass drug administration to validate elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in Vanuatu   Fasihah Taleo, George Taleo, Patricia M. Graves, Peter Wood, Sung Hye Kim, Masayo Ozaki, Hayley Joseph, Brian Chu, Alex Pavluck, Aya Yajima, Wayne Melrose, Kazuyo Ichimori and Corinne Capuano Abstract   |  Full text   |  PDF RESEARCH Identification and control of an isolated, but intense focus of lymphatic filariasis on Satawal Island, Federated States of Micronesia, in 2003   Moses Pretrick, Wayne Melrose, Jean-Paul Chaine, Deon Canyon, Jaime Carron, Patricia M. Graves and Richard S. Bradbury Abstract   |  Full text   |  PDF Journal Scope Tropical Medicine and Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research and reviews on all aspects of tropical medicine and global health. The journal welcomes clinical, epidemiological, laboratory and policy research. Reasons to Publishing with Us • Official journal of the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine • Discounted article processing charge for authors • Global audience, from researchers and clinicians to funders and policy makers Publish with us Register to receive the latest articles, straight to your inbox. Best wishes, The BioMed Central Team SOCIETY AFFILIATION Tropical Medicine and Health is the official journal of Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine (JSTM) Follow BioMed Central:    For further information or enquiries please contact Customer Services at:info@biomedcentral.com. BioMed Central Ltd 236 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB, United Kingdom.