One-Health Perspectives and Solutions in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Disease
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 2410
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; bacterial pathogens; diagnosis and detection, environment; microbial source tracking; protozoan pathogens
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Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and disease from bacterial and fungal infections pose an encompassing threat to human, animal, and environmental health worldwide. They are among the leading causes of global deaths, with a growing incidence across the years. Bacterial and fungal pathogens are ubiquitous and can reside and circulate in residential and clinical sectors, agriculture and animal food industries, and in environmental reservoirs such as soil and water, which have significant health implications. WHO estimated an annual 10 million AMR-related deaths worldwide by the year 2050. Meanwhile, resistant bacteria (ARBs) and resistance genes (ARGs) continue to emerge and disseminate. Their prevalence is further exacerbated by anthropogenic factors such as abuse and misuse of antimicrobials and the generation and improper disposal of waste in various sectors.
To prevent or lessen the burden and spread of AMR and pathogenic bacteria/ fungi, multi-faceted strategies involving humans, animals, and environments must be implemented. Studies involving the detection, surveillance, and tracking of contamination from sources such as residential, clinical, agricultural, and industrial settings to sinks such as soil and water bodies are important for understanding transmission dynamics and interactions among pathogens, hosts, and environments. Advancements in efficient diagnostic and detection methods for diverse pathogenic and ARBs, as well as ARGs, are crucial to monitor their prevalence and diversity, which will help in formulating mitigation and control measures against their emergence, dissemination, and infection. With decreasing options for antimicrobials, the search for alternative therapeutics is crucial to combat bacterial infections and AMR.
Continuing our Special Issue, titled “Pathogen–Host–Environment Interactions: One-Health Perspectives and Solutions in Antimicrobial Resistance and Disease” for 2024, we have deliberately launched the second volume dedicated to this theme. We anticipate scholars to continue paying attention to the issue of antimicrobial resistance and the important perspective of One Health and to publish their latest findings.
Prof. Dr. Windell L. Rivera
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance
- bacterial infection
- fungal infections
- diagnosis and detection
- environment
- human and animal health
- microbial source tracking
- one-health approach
- surveillance
- Papers in Volume 1: Pathogen-Host-Environment Interactions: One-Health Perspectives and Solutions in Antimicrobial Resistance and Disease
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