Editorial Board

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Dhanshree Kelkar, MD,
Dip.ABIM, Dip. ABID
Division of Infectious Diseases, and
Emergency Medicine, University of Florida,
Winter Haven Hospital, Florida, USA

Dilip Mathai, MD, FIDSA
Dean, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences
and Research, India

Ramesh S Paranjape, PhD
Director of National AIDS Research Institute
Indian Council of Medical Research, India

Ricardo Izurieta, MD, DrPH
Department of Global Health, Director of Donald Price Center
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

Executive Editor

Sagar Galwankar, MBBS, DNB (India), MD, MPH, Diplomat. ABEM (USA)
University of Florida, Winter Haven Hospital, Florida, USA

Assistant Editor

Suman Thakur, MD
Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India

Section Editors
Medical Entomology Adel M. Gad, PhD Professor of Medical Entomology, Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia Square, Cairo, Egypt Global Emerging Infectious Diseases Ann Marie Kimball, MD,MPH, FACPM Director, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Emerging Infections Network Professor, Epidemiology, Health Services, Biomedical Health Informatics and Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Ecology of Infectious Diseases Dave D. Chadee- BSc, M.Phil, MPH, PhD, DSc Subject Leader in Environment and Natural Resource Management Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad Nutrition in Infections Edmundo Estevez, MD, MSc Professor of Nutrition and Infectious Diseases Director Biomedicine Center, School of Medicine Central University of Ecuador, Ecuador HIV/AIDS Immunology Guido Poli. M.D. Head, AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation & Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy Clinical Parasitology Herbert B. Tanowitz MD, FACP, FIDSA Professor of Medicine & Pathology Albert Einstein College of Medicine Director of the Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory Director of the Fogarty International Training Grant Director of the NIH Geographic and Emerging Infectious Disease Training Grant Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA Pediatric Critical Care Infections Joe Brierley, MBChB, MRCP, MRCPCH, MA, FRCPCH Consultant Pediatric & Neonatal Intensivist Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK Mycology Manuel Calvopina, MD, PhD Professor and Chair of Division of Tropical Diseases Biomedicine Center School of Medicine, Central University of Ecuador, Ecuador Parasitic Immunology Maria Yazdanbakhsh, PhD Professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Parasitology RC Leiden, The Netherlands Infections and Organ Transplantation Nassim Kamar MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Multi-Organ Transplantation Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France Clinical Microbiology Po-Ren Hsueh, MD Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Chief, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan Epidemiology and Biostatistics Shaoqi Rao, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Statistics Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, China Retroviral Therapy Shyam Sundar, MD, FRCP, FNA Professor of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India Medical Critical Care Infections Syed Moied Ahmed, MD Director of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Uttar Pradesh, India Infectious Diseases Immunology Vinayaka R. Prasad, PhD. Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Director, AIDS International Training and Research Program Chair, Einstein Global Health Center Steering Committee Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA Computational Biology Xueqin Wang, PhD Professor in Biostatistics School of Mathematics and Computational Science Sun Yet-sen University (South Campus)Guangzhou, China Eco-Mathematical Modeling V. Sree Hari Rao, PhD Editor-in-Chief Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO,USA	Pediatric Infectious Diseases Anita K. M. Zaidi, MBBS, SM, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Bioethics in Research Clement Adebamowo, BMChB Hons (Jos), FWACS, FACS, DSc (Harvard) Professor of Surgery and Honorary Consultant Surgeon Director, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Director, Center for Bioethics, Ibadan, Nigeria Chairman, National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC) Hospital Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Dmitry Lioznov, MD, PhD Vice-Rector for Nursing Education Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Pavlov State Medical University, Russia Pharamacotherepeutics Georgette D. Kanmogne, PhD MPH Vice Chair for Resource Allocation and Faculty Development Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Science University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA Eco-Mathematical Modeling V. Sree Hari Rao, PhD Editor-in-Chief, Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO,USA Infectious Diseases Education Hashim Warsama Ghalib, Ph.D. FRCPath Leishmaniasis, Disease Research Coordinator, UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Drug Development Jian Li, PhD Facility for Anti-infective Drug Development and Innovation Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Hepatitis Mamun-Al-Mahtab MBBS, MSc, MD, FACG Senior Editor, Bangladesh Liver Journal Secretary General, Viral Hepatitis Foundation Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Liver Clinic, Lab Aid Specialized Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh Nosocomial Infections & Hospital Epidemiology Manuel Battegay, MD Divison of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Clinical Trials Mitali Chatterjee, MD PhD Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, India Viral Immunology Paolo Lusso, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory of Immunoregulation NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD , USA Infections in Cancer Pramod M. Shah, M.D. Executive Committee Member International Society for Chemotherapy, Infection and Cancer Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Microbiology Gutzkowstrasse Frankfurt am Main Germany Nanotechnology Shyam Mohapatra, PhD Director of Signature Program for Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA Global Health Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD Amos Chris Tie Chair in Global Health Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynecology Director, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Institute for Global Health, Principal Investigator, HIV Prevention Trials Network, Vanderbilt University, USA Clinical Infectious Diseases Timothy P. Flanigan, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Division of Infectious Diseases Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, USA Hospital Infection Control William L. Holzemer, RN, PhD, FAAN Professor and Associate Dean, International Programs Lillian & Dudley Aldous Endowed Chair in Nursing Science School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA Biological Intelligence Wang Yang, MD, DipCommH Professor and Deputy Dean Chongqing Medical University- School of Public Health Chongqing P.R.China Vacciniology Karen L. Kotloff, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Center for Vaccine Development University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Global Advisory Board
Abraham s. Borbor, BSc. MD, M. Med Head of Medicine, John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Liberia. Monrovia, Liberia Addmore Shonhai, PhD Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology Zululand University, Kwadlangezwa, South Africa Angela Clem, PhD Department of Global Health College of Public Health University of South Florida USA Ángel Guevara, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Molecular Biology School of Medicine Central University of Ecuador., Ecuador Antti Vaheri, MD, PhD, Professor of Virology Haartman Institute University of Helsinki, Finland Carlos Espino, MD, MPH Professor and Health Officer Ministry of Public Health, University of Carabobo, Venezuela Carlos C Callegari MD, PhD USF Health Senior Advisor on Ibero-Americas Programs Department of Global Health, University of South Florida Daniel Cuatz, MD Professor and Chair Infectious Diseases Unit Juan Fernandez Hospital, Argentina Dingmei Zhang, PhD School of Public Health Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China Enzo Tramontano, PhD Department of Applied Sciences in Biosystems, University of Cagliari, Italy Eduardo Ochoa, MD, MSc Senior Physician and Researcher Alberto Duhau Hospital, Argentina Feng-Yan Bai, MD Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Datun Road, Chaoyang District Beijing, China Francisco Barrera, MD, MSc Professor of Clinical and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine Central University of Ecuador, Ecuador Francesca Cainelli, M.D. Specialist in Infectious Diseases University of Verona, Italy Department of Emergency Medicine, Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige MBBS, MRCP,DPhil Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Sri Lanka. Grace Moore, RN, BSN Medical-Surgical ICU Staff Nurse St. Luke's Epsicopal Hospital - Houston, Texas, USA Jiuzhou Song Ph.D University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA John Schneider MD, MPH Director, Global Health Programs Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health University of Chicago, USA Joseph Keating, PhD School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Tulane University Canal Street, New Orleans, LA , USA James McMahon, PhD University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY, USA Jacqueline M. Achkar, MD, MS Department. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY, USA John E. Ehiri, PhD, MPH, MSc (Econ.) Dept of Maternal & Child Health, School of Public Health University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Birmingham, AL, USA Jose A Vazquez M.D Professor of Medicine Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI, USA Kurt G. Naber, MD President of International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) Karl-Bickleder-Str. Straubing, Germany Lars L Gustafsson MD PhD Division of Clinical Pharmacology Department of Laboratory Medicine Karolinska Institute at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden Lee W. Riley, MD Professor, School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley, California, USA Limas Kupcinskas, MD Head of Department of Gastroenterology Kaunas university of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania Luiz Carlos Marques de Oliveira MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia MG (Minas Gerais state) Brazil Ligia Cruz, MD, MPH College of Public Health University of South Florida, USA Stephan Kohlhoff, MD Faculty of Pediatrics and Medicine Associate Division Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA	Luis Galindez MD, MPH Professor and Health Officer University of Carabobo and Ministry of Public Health of Venezuela, Venezuela Malini R Capoor, MD Department of Microbiology VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital , New Delhi , India Marcel Ramirez, PhD Department of Molecular Biology Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro,RJ, Brazil Maximiliano Moreno, PhD PhD College of Public Health University of South Florida, USA Niyi Awofeso, BSc, MBChB, MBA, MPH, PhD Associate Professor of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Western Australia, Australia Olger Calderón Arguedas, MD M. Sc Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Priscilla Biswas, PhD San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan, Italy Patricia Echanique, MD, MPH Professor of Biostatistics School of Medicine Central University of Ecuador, Ecuador Rahul Dhodapkar, MD Department of Microbiology JIPMER, Puducherry, India Reza Afshar, MD. Educational Vice President, Shahed University School of Medicine. Mustafa Khomeini Hospital, Italia Street, Tehran, Iran Robert O Opoka, MD Pediatrician/Honorary Lecturer Mulago Hospital - Makerere University Kampala Uganda Robert S. Wallis, MD, FIDSA Senior Director, Pfizer Global Research and Development New London, CT, USA Raymundo Paraná, MD Professor of Medicine Head of Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Bahia, Brazil Richard Nisbett, PhD Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, USA Sandro Vento, M.D. Director, Infectious Diseases Unit, Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy Simon Kotlyar MD, MSc Director of Global Health- Emergency Medicine Yale University School of Medicine, USA Stephan Kohlhoff, MD Faculty of Pediatrics and Medicine Associate Division Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA Suman Laal, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology and Microbiology New York University Langone Medical Center New York Harbour Healthcare System, NY, USA Shea N. Gardner, PhD Pathogen Bio-Informatics Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA, USA Sue Lee, PhD Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand Sungano Mharakurwa, PhD Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute The Malaria Institute at Macha, Choma, Zambia Tarik Sqalli, Houssaini, M.D. Assistant Professor. Nephrology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco Tatiana Ochoa, MD Department of Global Health College of Public Health University of South Florida/Moffitt Cancer Center, USA Theresa J. Ochoa, MD Instituto de Medicina Tropical Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Av. Honorio Delgado, San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru Taminori Obayashi, MD Director in Chief, Medical Laboratory Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Japan Taoufik Harzy, MD Head of Rheumatology department, Hassan II University Hospital Center, Fes, Morocco. Tadahiro Sasaki, PhD Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Thomas Quinn, MD, MSc Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health Baltimore, MD, USA Vijay V. Yeldandi, M.D., FACP, FCCP Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency Faculty of Infectious Diseases Chicago-Resurrection Health System, USA Wafaa Bono, MD Professor of internal medicine Head of Internal Medicine, Hassan II University Hospital Center Fes , Morocco Yuantao Hao, PhD Deputy Dean and Associate Professor Medical Statistics and Epidemiology School of Public Health, Sun Yet-sen University Guangzhou, China

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