Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Profile and Genomic Analysis among Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Humans and Animals

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats worldwide, affecting not only humans and animals, but also the environment. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, including zoonotic pathogens, can be exchanged between animals and humans mainly via direct contact, but also from the environment or food products. The public health consequences of zoonotic MDR bacteria are invariably difficult to assess as the epidemiology is highly complex, involving the spread of antimicrobial resistance and virulence determinants, consequently leading to the emergence and dissemination of more fitted bacterial clones. Understanding the transmission dynamics of these zoonotic bacteria is therefore of utmost importance, where the One Health approach is essential to manage MDR bacteria and to identify the drivers and determinants for their emergence and persistence. This is mandatory to establish proper control strategies.

This Special Issue seeks manuscript submissions that help to enlighten our understanding of how MDR bacteria in animals and humans are interconnected. Within the One Health framework, manuscripts concerning the following subtopics (though not exclusively) are especially encouraged:

• Zoonotic bacteria and others;
• Antimicrobial resistance;
• Bacterial virulence traits/mechanisms;
• Microbial genome evolution;
• Pathogen adaptation;
• Infectious outbreaks;
• Sources of infection;
• Animal–human transmission.

Dr. Sónia Ramos
Dr. Alexandra Nunes
Guest Editors

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