Virulence Mechanisms Used by Pathogens Related to Human, Animal, and Environmental Health
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2025 | Viewed by 1637
Special Issue Editors
Interests: iron regulation; virulence; protozoan
2. Department of Research, Pediatric Hospital of Sinaloa, Secretary of Health, Culiacan 80246, Mexico
Interests: proteins and peptides with antimicrobial and antitumor properties; cell biology; microbiology; infectious diseases; vaccines
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2. The Women's Hospital, Secretariat of Health, 80020 Culiacan Sinaloa, Mexico
Interests: public health; enteropathogens; virulence genes; epidemiology; food-borne pathogens
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pathogenic microorganisms are involved in human mortality and morbidity, causing a significant health and economic burden worldwide. In addition, pathogens are implicated in animal health and environmental damage, affecting global food production and marketing, further complicating the global picture. Few drug treatments have been effective due to increasing drug resistance and the mechanisms many pathogens have evolved to evade the immune system. On the other hand, microbes that affect plants are a major problem worldwide, as pathogens are becoming resistant to various pesticides and increasingly difficult to control. In addition, more and more pathogens contaminate river water used for recreation, irrigation of crops, or domestic consumption. We need to understand how pathogens interfere with this to promote the health of people, animals, and the planet.
Mechanisms of pathogenicity include various virulence factors that microbes use to survive in the environment and cause damage. Multiple mechanisms and environmental factors often regulate these virulence factors to ensure successful infection. In this Special Issue, we review several pathogenic microbes of global importance, focusing on the virulence mechanisms used to cause damage to human, animal, and environmental health.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include the mechanisms of pathogenicity of microbes affecting human, animal, and environmental health.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Claudia León-Sicairos
Prof. Dr. Nidia M. León-Sicairos
Prof. Dr. Adrian Canizalez-Roman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- virulence mechanisms
- pathogens
- global health
- pathogenicity
- virulence factors
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