Bacterial Pathogenesis and Host Immune Responses
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 2056
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pathogenic bacteria are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The significance of research into their pathogenesis and the host immune responses cannot be emphasized enough. In this Special Issue, we invite papers that focus on identifying and analyzing the factors that enable bacteria to cause diseases in their hosts, examining the molecular and cellular interactions between pathogenic bacteria and their hosts, exploring how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics and identifying strategies to combat this escalating global challenge, designing and developing vaccines that can stimulate protective immune responses against pathogenic bacteria, understanding how pathogenic bacteria spread and trigger outbreaks, and identifying risk factors and prevention strategies. These studies will contribute significantly to our understanding of the disease mechanisms, the development of therapeutic strategies, the prevention and control of infectious diseases, the advancement of scientific knowledge, and, finally, the improvement in public health outcomes.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Zhihui Cheng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- host–pathogen interactions
- pathogenic bacteria
- pathogenesis
- bacterial infections
- disease mechanisms
- host immune responses
- inflammatory responses
- vaccine development
- antimicrobial resistance
- therapeutic strategies
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