Emerging Zoonoses and Sustainable One Health Strategies
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global health landscape is being reshaped by the continuous emergence and re-emergence of zoonotic diseases—pathogens that cross species barriers to infect humans. From viral outbreaks to parasitic and bacterial threats, these infectious agents challenge our healthcare systems, economies, and societies. Understanding and mitigating these risks require a multidisciplinary, integrated approach that spans molecular science, ecology, animal welfare, and public health.
This Special Issue of Pathogens focuses on emerging zoonoses through the lens of molecular epidemiology and One Health principles. We aim to explore how advanced molecular tools—such as genomic sequencing, phylogenetic analysis, and biomarker discovery—are transforming prevention, early diagnosis, and control strategies for infectious and parasitic pathogens. By combining data from human, animal, and environmental health, contributors will provide new insights into transmission pathways, risk factors, and intervention points.
A sustainable response to zoonotic threats requires more than short-term measures. Sustainable control strategies must balance public health priorities with animal welfare, environmental protection, and socio-economic considerations. This Special Issue welcomes research that addresses preventive measures, surveillance programs, diagnostic innovations, and therapeutic approaches.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Novel and re-emerging zoonotic pathogens (viral, bacterial, parasitic);
• Molecular epidemiology and pathogen evolution;
• Innovative surveillance and diagnostic technologies;
• Sustainable and ethical disease control measures;
• One Health approaches to prevention and risk mitigation;
• Impacts on animal welfare and ecosystem health;
• Education and public health strategies.
Through this collection, Pathogens invites the global scientific community to contribute findings and perspectives that will strengthen our capacity to predict, prevent, and manage zoonotic threats in an increasingly interconnected world.
Dr. Narcisa Mederle
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emerging zoonoses
- one health
- diagnosis
- control
- sustainable strategies
- animal welfare
- public health
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