Infectious Diseases and Infection Models in Laboratory Animals
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editors
Interests: measles; igg antibody titers; vaccination
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As laboratory animals are managed under specie-pathogen-free (SPF) conditions, infectious disease control has become the most important issue in laboratory animal management. Infectious diseases and pathogens in laboratory animals consisting of rodents and non-rodents are updated daily, and molecular basis of methods for their detection and identification have undergone many changes. Pathogenic mechanisms in animals are also being explored. On the other hand, models of infectious diseases have also been devised with the development of various genetically modified and inbred animals. They have contributed to the elucidation of pathogenic mechanisms as models of infectious diseases in humans, domestic animals, and pets.
We are pleased to invite you to submit articles describing and discussing special issue topic to include infection models using laboratory animals as well as infectious diseases of laboratory animals caused by any species of bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, etc., with particular emphasis on research at the molecular level.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, brief communication and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Infection models in laboratory animals;
- Infectious diseases in laboratory animals;
- Immune response in infectious diseases;
- Microbial and viral pathogenesis in laboratory animals;
- Molecular/immunological diagnostic methods;
We look forward to receiving your applications.
Dr. Hiraku Sasaki
Dr. Fumio Ike
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- infection model
- Infectious diseases in laboratory animals
- bacterial infection
- viral infection
- parasitic infection
- molecular diagnosis
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