Special Issue "Polymicrobial Infections in Fish"
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fish pathology; fish immunology; co-infections; fish parasitology; fish virology
Interests: fish virology; fish immunology; tilapia diseases; fish vaccine; co-infections
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymicrobial infection patterns involve heterogeneous infectious agents, simultaneously or sequentially interacting with susceptible hosts. They alter pathogenesis eliciting synergistic or antagonistic effects and complex clinical symptoms, when compared to single infection patterns. Fish are normally exposed to rich communities of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites, although little is currently known about multiple infection patterns affecting wild and farmed fish species. The outcomes of microbial interference modulate the host immune response with repercussions on the efficacy of treatments and prevention strategies.
Linked to the fast growth of aquaculture sectors, and to changing environmental conditions, the study of polymicrobial disease patterns, representing a so far neglected concept, is rapidly attracting the interest of aquatic animal health scientists, and is becoming an emerging and highly researched area.
We invite manuscript submissions for this Special Issue focusing on documenting the occurrence, pathobiological dynamics, and clinical outcomes of polymicrobial infections in fish. We welcome original surveillance studies, clinical reports, and novel experimental works, either from farmed, ornamental, and wild fish populations.
Please pass the information to your colleagues and contact us directly if interested to submitting a manuscript to our journal.
Dr. Bartolomeo Gorgoglione
Dr. Win Surachetpong
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Aquaculture
- Changing Environment
- Co-infections
- Emerging Diseases
- Fish Disease
- Host–pathogen interactions
- Infectious Diseases
- Loss of Productivity
- Ornamental Fish
- Pathobiology
- Pathogens interaction
- Prevalence
- Wildlife