biostudies-literatureZhou Xthe National S&T Major Program49https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4868018biostudies-literatureUnknown5(1)The peer-reviewed journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty provides a new platform to engage with, and disseminate in an open-access format, science outside traditional disciplinary boundaries. The current piece reviews a thematic series on surveillance-response systems for elimination of tropical diseases. Overall, 22 contributions covering a broad array of diseases are featured - i.e. clonorchiasis, dengue, hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), H7N9 avian influenza, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), rabies, schistosomiasis and tuberculosis (TB). There are five scoping reviews, a commentary, a letter to the editor, an opinion piece and an editorial pertaining to the theme "Elimination of tropical diseaseInfectious diseases of povertySurveillance and response systems for elimination of tropical diseases: summary of a thematic series in Infectious Diseases of Poverty.PMC48680182012ZX10004220Tanner MBergquist RZhou XNYap PUtzinger JZhou XfalseSurveillance and response systems for elimination of tropical diseases: summary of a thematic series in Infectious Diseases of Poverty.The peer-reviewed journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty provides a new platform to engage with, and disseminate in an open-access format, science outside traditional disciplinary boundaries. The current piece reviews a thematic series on surveillance-response systems for elimination of tropical diseases. Overall, 22 contributions covering a broad array of diseases are featured - i.e. clonorchiasis, dengue, hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), H7N9 avian influenza, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), rabies, schistosomiasis and tuberculosis (TB). There are five scoping reviews, a commentary, a letter to the editor, an opinion piece and an editorial pertaining to the theme "Elimination of tropical disease2016-01-01T00:00:00Z2016 May2025-04-04T22:09:12.53Z2025-02-19T01:56:55.947ZS-EPMC48680182717950910.1186/s40249-016-0144-7