Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, a publication of Editorial Office of Hainan Medical University, is a peer-reviewed print + online Monthly journal. The journal's full text is available online at http://www.apjtb.org/. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, ProQuest, TdNet, Wanfang Data