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The “Public Health Microbiology” Section interprets diagnostics, prevention, and treatment at the population level, rather than at the level of the individual patient. The field covered is broad and includes zoonoses, pathogens transmitted in healthcare institutions, tropical infections, food hygiene, vaccine studies, and social and public health aspects of infectious disease. Papers covering microbiology and immunology that have public health relevance are part of this broad field.

1. “Subtype Distribution of Blastocystis spp. in Patients with Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Northern Spain”
by Cristina Matovelle, Joaquín Quílez, María Teresa Tejedor, Antonio Beltrán, Patricia Chueca and Luis Vicente Monteagudo
Microorganisms 2024, 12(6), 1084; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061084
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/6/1084

2. “Cryptosporidium Infections in Neonatal Calves on a Dairy Farm”
by Michaela Kaduková, Andrea Schreiberová, Pavol Mudroň, Csilla Tóthová, Pavel Gomulec and Gabriela Štrkolcová
Microorganisms 2024, 12(7), 1416; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12071416
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/7/1416

3. The Uprise of Human Leishmaniasis in Tuscany, Central Italy: Clinical and Epidemiological Data from a Multicenter Study”
by Anna Barbiero, Michele Spinicci, Andrea Aiello, Martina Maruotto, Roberta Maria Antonello, Giuseppe Formica, Matteo Piccica, Patrizia Isola, Eva Maria Parisio, Maria Nardone et al.
Microorganisms 2024, 12(10), 1963; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12101963
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/10/1963

4. “Validation of a Pseudovirus Neutralization Assay for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A High-Throughput Method for the Evaluation of Vaccine Immunogenicity”
by Zhaohui Cai, Raj Kalkeri, Mi Wang, Benjamin Haner, Dominic Dent, Bahar Osman, Paul Skonieczny, Jeremy Ross, Sheau-Line Feng, Rongman Cai et al.
Microorganisms 2024, 12(6), 1201; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061201
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/6/1201

5. “Seasonality and Genotype Diversity of Human Rhinoviruses during an Eight-Year Period in Slovenia”
by Nataša Berginc, Maja Sočan, Katarina Prosenc Trilar and Miroslav Petrovec
Microorganisms 2024, 12(2), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12020341
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/2/341

6. “The Post-Transcriptional Regulatory Protein CsrA Amplifies Its Targetome through Direct Interactions with Stress-Response Regulatory Hubs: The EvgA and AcnA Cases”
by Alejandra Matsuri Rojano-Nisimura, Kobe B. Grismore, Josie S. Ruzek, Jacqueline L. Avila and Lydia M. Contreras
Microorganisms 2024, 12(4), 636; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12040636
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/4/636

7. “Metagenomic Investigation of the Short-Term Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of the Bacterial Microbiome and the Resistome Downstream of a Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Iskar River in Bulgaria”
by Deyan Donchev, Ivan N. Ivanov, Ivan Stoikov and Monika Ivanova
Microorganisms 2024, 12(6), 1250; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061250
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/6/1250

8. “Campylobacteriosis in Finland: Passive Surveillance in 2004–2021 and a Pilot Case-Control Study with Whole-Genome Sequencing in Summer 2022”
by Kristiina Suominen, Tessa Häkkänen, Jukka Ranta, Jukka Ollgren, Rauni Kivistö, Päivikki Perko-Mäkelä, Saara Salmenlinna and Ruska Rimhanen-Finne
Microorganisms 2024, 12(1), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010132
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/1/132

9. “Prevalence and Genotyping of Water- and Food-Borne Parasitic Protozoans (Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp.) in Hospitalized Patients from Northwestern Romania”
by Angela Monica Ionică, Anca Ieremia, Zsuzsa Kalmár, Mihaela Lupșe, Mirela Flonta, Monica Muntean, Cristina Cismaru, Melinda Horvat, Amanda Rădulescu, Adriana Topan et al.
Microorganisms 2024, 12(4), 762; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12040762
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/4/762

10. “The Renin–Angiotensin System (RAS) in COVID-19 Disease: Where We Are 3 Years after the Beginning of the Pandemic”
by Marco Prato, Natalia Tiberti, Cristina Mazzi, Federico Gobbi, Chiara Piubelli and Silvia Stefania Longoni
Microorganisms 2024, 12(3), 583; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030583
Available online:  https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/3/583

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that have submitted to Microorganisms (ISSN: 2076-2607). We would appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues and network.

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