Metagenomics: Forecasting and Tracking Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2021) | Viewed by 392
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metagenomics; emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; nodding syndrome; neglected infectious diseases; virus discovery, novel viruses, human microbiome
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 has brought many in the scientific community to question our preparedness vis-à-vis the ever-growing challenge of the emergence and the re-emergence of infectious agents and its potential devastating consequences. When the field of metagenomics started to take shape, it was quickly suggested that finally, we have a tool that will be capable to not only forecast new infectious disease outbreaks, but also to track the circulation of new variants of novel strains. After almost a year, we are at the time of deep soul searching and evaluating how we did at the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Basically, it is time to go over our success, and our failures and to propose what we should have done and do in case another pandemic hits us.
The Special Issue on “Metagenomics: forecasting and tracking emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases” is intended to provide a unique international forum aimed at covering a broad description of results involving the application of the metagenomic approach to identify novel viruses. Scientists working in a wide range of disciplines are invited to contribute their data on methodologies that helped them to identify novel viruses and tracking their spready in the wide population. Special consideration should be placed on RNA viruses, which encompass some notoriously pathogenic with the potential to cause serious harm to human health. We also welcome the description of novel Phages given their role and applications in research. Any viral species with the propensity to spread through by micro-droplet aerosol are also given special consideration. Any other sub-topic dealing with metagenomic and human health or animals that could be transmitted to human are welcome and will be considered for publication at this special issue of the “Metagenomics: forecasting and tracking emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases”.
Dr. John L. Mokili
Dr. Bas E. Dutilh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metagenomics
- meta-transcriptomics
- viromics
- novel viruses
- virus discovery
- emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
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