Fish Parasites and Immunology

Dear Colleagues

This Special Issue of Pathogens will focus on Fish Parasites and Immunology. Even though the resolution of host–parasite interactions has improved during the last decade, there remain unresolved key issues, including the degree to which innate or adaptive immune mechanisms are involved. Fish have a highly evolved innate immune response and a more primitive adaptive response compared with mammals, and exactly why fish hosts are susceptible or resistant and how they develop memory remains a question of interest that involves many unresolved mechanisms. Evidence suggests that many cell types of the fish adaptive immune system are more innate-like when compared with mammals. More tools to determine fish immunology have become available and, in this Special Issue, we welcome original research or review papers that present novel findings on the immune response of fish to parasite infections.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

1. a) fish parasites and immunological responses in fish;
   b) a deeper understanding of fundamental mechanisms in fish immunology; and
   c) new knowledge about fish host–parasite interactions for use in, e.g., prophylactic approaches such as the development of vaccines or treatments to control disease.
2. In this Special Issue, we hope to present new knowledge within the scientific area of fish host–parasite interactions. A collection of high-impact articles on this subject may raise awareness about important parasite disease problems in wild or aquacultured fish and contribute new fundamental and applied knowledge to help us further understand and combat diseases in fish caused by parasites.

Prof. Louise Von Gersdorff Jørgensen
Guest Editor

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