Dear Colleague

I am writing to introduce the new free and open access online journal,
Filaria Journal (http://www.filariajournal.com/) and to invite you to
submit your next paper to it.

Filaria Journal (published by BioMed Central) accepts original papers
on filarial infections including onchocerciasis and guinea worm
(dracunculiasis). Papers dealing with all aspects of parasite and
vector biology (including molecular biology and immunology),
diagnosis, clinical medicine, pathology, disease control, health policy,
socio-economic and environmental issues will be accepted. Although
the publication of original research articles is the main focus of the
journal, review articles (usually commissioned) and short papers will
also be considered for publication.

When you publish with Filaria Journal (or with any of the other BioMed
Central journals) your article will be:

- made freely available to anyone with Internet access - more people
than ever will have the ability to read the results of your work

- peer reviewed in the normal way but our online peer review
processes mean average faster publication times (our peer review
policy is available at: http://www.filariajournal.com/info/about/#Review)

- published immediately on the day of acceptance

- indexed in PubMed and immediately and permanently archived in
PubMed Central, the NIH’s central research repository

- drawn to the attention of the readers of the two other BioMed Central
journals that you deem to be most appropriate, by including it in their
tables of contents as “related papers”

A world-class editorial board for Filaria Journal has been assembled
that includes some of the most respected researchers in the field (for
a complete list of the editorial board members visit: http://
www.filariajournal.com/edboard/)

- Instructions on how to submit a paper are at:
http://www.filariajournal.com/manuscript/checklist.asp

If you have any questions about the journal’s policies please contact
me by e-mail at: [log in to unmask]

Yours sincerely,

Professor David Molyneux
Editor-in-Chief

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Filaria Journal Editorial Office
Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
United Kingdom
L3 5QA

Tel: +44 (0)151 705 3243
Fax: +44 (0)151 709 0354

Web: http://www.filariajournal.com/
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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