The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is the official scientific journal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). The Society is a nonprofit, professional organisation whose mission is to promote world health by the prevention and control of tropical disease through research and education. Online version of the journal is available.

Content includes original scientific articles and new research in a range of fields including tropical medicine, parasitology, immunology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and international medicine. The Journal publishes unsolicited peer-reviewed manuscripts, invited review articles, short reports, case studies, reports on the efficacy of new drugs and methods of treatment, prevention and control methodologies, new testing methods and equipment, book reports and letters to the Editor. [adapted from website]

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