One Health: New Approaches, Research, and Innovation to Zoonoses—2nd Edition
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 873
Special Issue Editor
Interests: parasitology; drug resistance; zoonoses; animal welfare; one health
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Dear Colleagues,
Zoonoses are diseases or infections that are naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. Zoonotic pathogens may be bacterial, viral, or parasitic or may involve unconventional agents and can spread to humans through direct contact or through food, water, or the environment. They represent a major public health problem around the world due to our close relationship with animals in agriculture, as companions, and in the natural environment.
The One Health concept highlights the strong relationship between the health of people, animals, and ecosystems and emphasizes the necessity of collaboration among professionals from various domains — including medicine, veterinary science, and environmental science —for effective control and health risk prevention.
The overall goal of this Special Issue is the presentation of research and innovation for an improved comprehension of zoonoses focusing on the human–animal–environment interaction, covering the role of bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal, and prion infections, as well as wildlife and other vectors (including arthropods), in the (re-)emergence and transmission of zoonotic pathogens.
Dr. Chrysa Voyiatzaki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- zoonoses
- human–animal–environment interaction
- bacteria
- fungi
- parasites
- prion
- virus
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