Laboratory Diagnosis of Emerging and Recent Infectious Diseases
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Laboratory Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026
Special Issue Editors
2. BK21 Graduate Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
Interests: diagnosis; tropical diseases; diagnostics; influenza infection; malaria; IVD
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2. Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, 148, Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Republic of Korea
Interests: clinical diagnosis and laboratory medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continue to challenge global health systems due to their rapid spread, genetic variability, and unpredictability. Recent outbreaks—including respiratory viral infections, zoonotic diseases, and vector-borne pathogens—highlight the limitations of conventional diagnostic approaches and emphasize the need for more advanced, scalable, and rapid diagnostic platforms. Advances in molecular diagnostics, next-generation sequencing (NGS), point-of-care testing (POCT), and immunodiagnostics have accelerated the evolution of laboratory testing and provided new opportunities for early detection and comprehensive pathogen characterization.
Accurate and timely laboratory diagnosis is fundamental to clinical decision-making, outbreak control, and public health surveillance. Early identification of novel or emerging pathogens is essential to prevent widespread transmission and to guide appropriate therapeutic and containment strategies. Improved diagnostic performance, assay validation, robust quality assurance, and integration with epidemiological data collectively enhance national and global preparedness for infectious disease threats. As the diagnostic landscape rapidly evolves, continued research is critical to ensure reliability, accessibility, and clinical relevance.
This Special Issue, “Laboratory Diagnosis of Emerging and Recent Infectious Diseases,” aims to explore current advances, challenges, and future directions in infectious disease diagnostics. We welcome contributions on innovative diagnostic technologies, assay development and validation, quality management, clinical applications, and the integration of diagnostics into surveillance systems. By bringing together expertise from clinical laboratories, research institutions, and public health agencies, this issue seeks to strengthen global diagnostic capacity and promote interdisciplinary collaboration to better prepare for future infectious disease threats.
Prof. Dr. Chaeseung Lim
Dr. Woongsik Jang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging infectious diseases
- laboratory diagnostics
- molecular testing
- immunoassays
- point-of-care testing
- pathogen detection
- public health surveillance
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