The Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine is sponsored by Institute of Tropical Disease, Hainan Medical University (China), and Hainan Medical University Journal Publisher and is aimed to set up an academic communication platform for Chinese and the rest of the world on tropical medicine and other related fields. We hope that the publication of our new journal will bring us a great opportunity for international academic communication and research. Furthermore, we wish to enhance the competency of preventing and curing tropical and related diseases in our region and in China. 
    The Journal invites concise reports of original research in all areas of tropical medicine and related fields, both experimental and clinical, including: modern, traditional and epidemiological studies from any part of the world. Review articles and mini-reviews (no more than 4 printed pages), based primarily on the author(s) own research on internationally important topics are welcome. Short communications and letters to the editor are also welcome. Authors are requested to submit a covering letter indicating that their manuscript represents original unpublished material and will not be published elsewhere (if accepted). This restriction does not apply to results published as abstracts of communications, letters to the editor or as preliminary reports. By submitting a manuscript, the authors warrant that they have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material.