Diversity of Wildlife Pathogens

Dear Colleagues,

We have created a Special Issue in the journal Diversity in order to integrate the multiple disciplines involved in wildlife pathogen research. Viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and helminths are important components of wildlife diversity even though they are frequently not considered as such. Knowing the diversity of these pathogens is important for better understanding their role in nature, their host range, and the level of threat they might represent to wild and domestic animals as well as humans.

This collection of research articles, short communications, and literature reviews will highlight studies on the diversity, biology, diagnosis, ecology, and evolution of pathogens that infect wild vertebrates. We also welcome studies investigating vectors involved in the transmission of pathogens circulating in enzootic and zoonotic cycles. Many thanks for your interest in contributing to this Special Issue.

Dr. Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas
Dr. Francisco Ferreira
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diversity is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2100 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.