Biology of Social Insect Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Social insects are a highly diverse group of animals exhibiting different lifestyles and kinds of social organization. Their ecological success, however, means that they are also a highly attractive target for an equally diverse set of parasites and pathogens. In this Topical Collection (former Special Issue), we will focus on the prevention, infection, transmission, and dynamics of social insect diseases caused by microorganisms. We welcome recent discoveries and reviews that aim at understanding potential mechanisms driving the spread or course of disease and preventing or suppressing disease outbreaks in social insect hosts at the individual, group, or colony level. Molecular, chemical, physiological, and ecological mechanisms explaining mechanisms of social insect disease biology are clearly within the focus of this thematic issue. Please contact me (Silvio Erler), prior to submission, if you are unsure whether your manuscript falls within the aims and scope of this Topical Collection.

Dr. Silvio Erler
Collection Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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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-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Insects is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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