Emerging Pathogen Infections and Host Immune
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: clinical microbiology; SARS-CoV-2; molecular epidemiology; infection; diagnosis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging infectious diseases constitute one of the most significant health and security challenges facing the world today. Many factors influence the emergence and spread of these pathogens, including climate change, man's encroachment into new environments, patterns of travel and migration, and deliberate dissemination. In addition to the characteristics of emerging pathogens, further knowledge of the immunological defenses and pathological responses employed by the host to fight such pathogens is needed.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a collection of articles that showcase the current issues in the research of “Emerging Pathogen Infections and Host Immune”. As the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I invite you to submit research articles, review articles, and short communications related to the immunological defenses and pathological responses to emerging pathogens.
Dr. Barbara Camilloni
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emerging pathogens
- pathogen-associated molecular patterns
- virulence factors
- innate immunity
- cellular response
- humoral response
- immunocompromised host
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