Abstract: Researches in lncRNAs have been booming for the past few years, but only a few studies about lncRNAs in infectious diseases have been reported. After pathogen infected a host, on the one hand, changes of its own lncRNAs may lead to a host of pathogenic; on the other hand, the pathogen may cause adaptive changes in host lncRNAs, which may play a role in immune defense.

Key words: lncRNA, parasite, bacteria, virus, fungus