Molecular Research of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that are transmitted in nature between animals and humans, and can be caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi, or prions. Transmission is possible either directly, through contact with an infected animal, through a contaminated environment, or through food of animal origin (e.g., dairy products, eggs, meat), or indirectly via vectors (e.g., ticks, mosquitoes). Zoonoses include well-known infectious diseases in an area, but also newly emerging infectious diseases.

Many factors influence the emergence of new zoonoses, including different climate changes, the increasing mobility of humans and animals, natural disasters, wars, economic inequalities, and crises.

Numerous endemic zoonoses (hantaviruses, Leptospira, Borrelia, Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever, tick-borne meningoencephalitis, etc.) are of strategic and public health importance to the whole world and remain insufficiently researched.

The aim of this Special Issue is to disseminate new molecular research on different aspects of zoonotic infectious diseases. We are seeking to publish a collection of high-quality manuscripts from international experts covering the many different aspects of this important topic. Of particular interest are studies that cover unreported, new aspects of zoonotic disease ecology, pathogenesis and immune response, phylogeny, replication and morphogenesis, epidemiology, vaccines, therapeutics, clinical aspects, and diagnosis.

As a Guest Editor for this Special Issue, I invite you to submit original research articles, reviews and mini-reviews, perspective papers, and short communications related to molecular research on zoonotic infectious diseases.

Prof. Alemka Markotic
Prof. Tatjana Avšič - Županc
Prof. Mirsada Hukic
Guest Editors

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