Aspergillosis
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 25983
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aspergillosis; host–pathogen interaction; fungal disease mechanisms; diagnosis
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Dear Colleagues,
Fungal infections are a growing health concern. Every year, more die from fungal diseases than either tuberculosis or malaria. Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmental opportunistic fungal pathogen responsible for a disease, aspergillosis, which globally affects more than 10 million people. Aspergillus disease mainly affects people with an impaired lung defences arising from severe immunosuppression or an underlying chronic respiratory condition. Studies in the past few years have identified new potential host and pathogen factors involved in pathogenicity by using multi-omics approaches. However, the pathogenesis of the disease is still poorly understood. Additionally, the rates of antifungal resistance are increasing year by year and identification of new host and pathogen factors is critical for the development of new diagnostics and treatments. For this Special Issue of Pathogens, we invite you to submit research articles, review articles, short notes as well as communications related to the epidemiology of aspergillosis, Aspergillus pathogenicity factors, fungus – host interactions and host response against Aspergillus. We look forward to your contribution.
Dr. Sara Gago
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Aspergillus
- Aspergillosis
- Epidemiology
- Diagnostics
- Disease Modelling
- Antifungal therapy
- Host response
- Genetics
- Pathogenicity factors