Recent Advances in Emerging Infectious Diseases
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Public Health Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 32015
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied microbiology; infection; infectious diseases; antibiotics; PCR; epidemiology; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobials; bacteriology; general microbiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are serious threats to public health. An emerging infectious disease is one that either has appeared and affected a population for the first time, or has existed previously but is rapidly spreading, either in terms of increased incidence or geographical expansion. Many EIDs are zoonotic in origin; however, human cross-transmission may remain the key element that needs to be controlled. Healthcare-associated infections should be considered as potential emerging infectious diseases in this context. Considerable technical advances in clinical microbiology have played a pivotal role in the advancement of knowledge about emerging infectious diseases. In the last two years, SARS-CoV-2 emerged and evolved into a worldwide pandemic, threatening human health. Although there is already abundant scientific literature available, a better understanding of its pathogenicity and epidemiological characteristics is still needed.
In this Special Issue, we aim to address features of disease onset and factors affecting infectious disease transmission. Authors are invited to submit original articles, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, critical reviews, and short communications addressing issues relevant to any recent advances in microorganisms’ pathogenicity and transmission leading to emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases.
Dr. Nadim Cassir
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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