Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Infections in Animals
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: public health; zoonoses; infections in animals
Interests: molecular microbiology; food-borne zoonoses; antimicrobial resistance; microbiome; resistome
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infectious diseases in animals represent a significant concern in relation to public health, animal welfare, and health and economic losses. Infections can emerge or re-emerge in animals due to a change in pathogen behavior, climate change, globalization and travel, changes in the animal’s habitat, and breakdowns in public health measures. For this Special Issue, we welcome contributions focusing on emerging and re-emerging viral diseases in wild, domestic, or companion animals, including epidemiological aspects, details of the environmental scenarios in which diseases spread, characteristics of pathogens, the mechanisms behind host–pathogen interaction, pathological findings, and innovative diagnostic tools. The more information the scientific community has on new and old re-emerging viruses, the more easily we can find solutions to combat infections.
Dr. Valeria Listorti
Dr. Andrea Laconi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging infections
- re-emerging infections
- viruses
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