Animal Vector-Borne Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

Animal vector-borne diseases are a multifaceted global threat due to the public health risk in the case of zoonotic pathogens, the economic impact on animal productions, the serious consequences on companion animal health, and the adverse effects for wildlife conservation. Additionally, climatic change, and ecological, demographic, and socioeconomic drivers, including globalization, are causing the emergence and spread of many vector-borne pathogens worldwide.

This explains the great interest in increasing current knowledge about epidemiology; vector and host species; transmission; reservoirs; protective immunity; immunopathogenesis; the risk factors influencing the severity and course of disease, clinical, and clinicopathological findings; and the diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention of viral, bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic animal vector-borne diseases.

This Special Issue aims to collect studies performed in the Veterinary and One Health field focusing on the above topics and offer a multidisciplinary asset for the scientific community.

I invite you to submit your manuscripts to share and spread your scientific findings and promote the development of future research trends.

I very much look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Maria Grazia Pennisi
Guest Editor

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