中文简介

本刊在范围上具有真正的国际性，来自全球各地的作者和社论贡献。重点是热带和传染病的临床和流行病学方面，新的和重新出现的感染，慢性非传染性疾病和拉丁美洲 - 加勒比地区普遍存在的医疗条件，以及对全球健康，特别是在发展中国家。该杂志涵盖所有医学学科，以及阐明疾病的病理生理基础或侧重于新的治疗方法的基础和转化研究，并出版原始科学研究，评论，病例报告，简要通信，信件，评论和医学图像。

英文简介

The Journal has been truly international in scope, with author and editorial contributions from across the globe. The focus has been on clinical and epidemiological aspects of tropical and infectious diseases, new and re-emerging infections, chronic non-communicable diseases, and medical conditions prevalsent in the Latin America-Caribbean region, and of significance to global health, especially in developing countries. The Journal covers all medical disciplines, as well as basic and translational research elucidating the pathophysiologic basis of diseases or focusing on new therapeutic approaches, and publishes original scientific research, reviews, case reports, brief communications, letters, commentaries and medical images. The Journal publishes twelve issues and six supplements annually. English is the language of publication but Abstracts are also duplicated in Spanish.