Within the last decade, newly emerging parasite infections are becoming an increasing human health problem worldwide. Progressive changes in natural and man-made environments influencing a range of vectors and hosts may result in the spread and increased prevalence of parasites and parasitoses in the different areas of various countries. For these reasons, it is important to have up-to-date knowledge on occurrence and dispersion of newly emerging parasites and diseases they can cause in various human populations under changing environmental conditions in specific countries or regions.

We believe that the knowledge will improve our understanding of this problem; also it will be useful for advances in the parasite control and prevention strategies as well as proper parasitic disease diagnostics and treatment.

We invite authors to submit original papers as well as review articles for this special issue on results of studies on newly emerging health threats in particular countries, generated by facultative and obligate parasites that can affect humans.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Investigations on newly emerging health threats associated with parasites and related pathogens in specific countries
• Assessment of a spread and prevalence of newly emerging parasites and diseases they cause, including molecular evaluation
• The role of vectors and hosts of parasites in a dispersion of new threats for the human health involving environmental factors
• Recent advances in control and prevention strategies associated with newly emerging parasites and parasitic diseases in particular region and countries