Foodborne and Waterborne Pathogens
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2023) | Viewed by 27902
Special Issue Editors
Interests: zoonotic pathogens; drug discovery; antimicrobial resistance; gene expression during infection; control of foodborne bacterial pathogens; host responses (immunity) to infectious diseases
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Interests: zoonotic diseases of poultry; control of foodborne pathogens antimicrobial resistance; turkey diseases and food safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food-borne and water-borne infectious diseases have become a rising a public health concern worldwide especially in low-income and middle-income countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), water-borne pathogens kill over 3.4 million people per year, while about 1 in 10 people around the world become sick after eating contaminated food, with more than 420 000 deaths and 125 000 deaths in children under 5 years of age annually. More than 200 diseases are caused by eating/drinking contaminated food and water with infectious pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites. The intensity and duration of illness varies greatly. These pathogens include are but not limited to Norovirus, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli, Listeria, Yersinia, Hepatitis A virus, Cryptosporidium, and Giardia. Outbreak of these pathogens might be due to increased international travel, climate change, and food importation. Illnesses ranged from gastrointestinal to cancers, and other complications might also appear.
We welcome original research articles, review articles, opinion pieces, commentaries, and different perspectives. Papers that describe only small incremental work will not be considered for peer review and publication.
Suggested topic areas include the following:
- Diagnosis and novel detection methods;
- Epidemiology;
- Risk assessment and management;
- Host–pathogen interaction;
- Virulence factors;
- Immune response;
- Antimicrobial resistance;
- Reservoirs of resistance and antimicrobial genes;
- One Health approach;
- Novel therapies for the control of infectious pathogens;
- Emerging zoonotic diseases (viruses, bacteria, and parasites) in animals and their impact on human health;
- Approaches to reduce the use of antibiotics in farm animals.
Dr. Yosra A. Helmy
Prof. Dr. Hafez Mohamed Hafez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- epidemiology
- antimicrobial resistance
- control
- treatment food and water-borne pathogens
- diagnosis
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