Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases and Public Health
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: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 1546
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; healthcare-associated infections; severe infections; emerging infectious diseases; viral infections
Interests: antibiotic resistance and new therapies; sepsis; emergent diseases; imported tropical diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main purpose of this Special Issue is to raise awareness of emerging and re-emerging infections, as well as their potential implications for public health.
In the last two decades, the world’s population has been exposed to threats caused by emerging infectious diseases, such as hemorrhagic fevers and infections with new strains of influenza viruses or coronaviruses. For example, the recent COVID-19 pandemic, caused by a novel coronavirus infection, constitutes one of the main threats to global health in the last century. Re-emerging infectious diseases such as measles, poliomyelitis and diphtheria, considered for a long time to have low epidemiological risk, currently represent possible threats to public health as a result of the reduction in vaccination rates at the population level and population migration.
From international tourists to war-displaced refugees, more people are on the move than ever before. International travel exacerbates the risk of contracting infections caused by tropical pathogens. Moreover, travel can amplify the phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance and facilitate the spread of drug-resistant infections. It is estimated that 30% of international travelers acquire ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria during travel, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to define the current challenges associated with emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases, present new global and local epidemiological data, and discuss diagnostic and treatment challenges to improve the knowledge and promotion of infectious diseases with potential impacts on public health.
Kind regards,
Dr. Valeriu I. Gheorghiţǎ
Dr. Simin-Aysel Florescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging infectious diseases
- travel-related infections
- antimicrobial resistance
- travel-associated antimicrobial resistance
- tropical diseases
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