Animals as Reservoir of Antimicrobial Resistance

Dear Colleagues,

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of biggest challenges for public health this century. This threat is recognized as a global problem that broke up human settings barriers a long time ago. AMR is reported in all compartments of the whole ecosystem, and, accordingly with the WHO, CDC and ECDC, continuous surveillance continues to be a powerful tool in the fight to break AMR. Under a One Health perspective and in the interface of human–animal­–environment, animals play a key role in AMR dissemination due to the strength of their link with humans (companion animals, food chain, etc.) and the environment (natural habitat, livestock production, etc.). This Special Issue proposes to build upon one more piece of the AMR in animals puzzle, through attracting and agglutinating the new data, updates, opinions, points of view and scientific perspectives of animals as reservoirs and disseminators of AMR.

- Antimicrobial resistance.
- Multidrug-resistant bacteria.
- Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL).
- Carbapenemases.
- Mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes.
- Plasmid-mediated quinlone resistance (PMQR).
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Dr. Josman Dantas Palmeira
Dr. Helena Ferreira
Guest Editors

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