Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Transmission, Evolution, and Public Health Challenges
A special issue of Zoonotic Diseases (ISSN 2813-0227).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 325
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt
Interests: influenza viruses; coronaviruses, pathogenesis and transmission; antivirals; vaccines; animal models; viral zoonosis; emerging and re-emerging viruses; host-pathogen interactions; innate immunity and virus evolution
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Interests: zoonotic viruses; virus pathogenesis; host responses; influenza viruses; coronaviruses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the growing threat of emerging zoonotic viruses and their impact on both animal and human health. It examines how viruses cross species barriers, the ecological and molecular drivers behind these events, and the resulting burden on healthcare systems. We encourage submissions that provide evidence-based insights into viral evolution, outbreak patterns, environmental triggers, and host–pathogen interactions. These submissions should emphasize practical strategies for early detection, risk assessment, and outbreak control.
Moreover, the submitted studies should also align with the One Health approach to safeguarding public, animal, and environmental health.
The topics of interest include the following:
- Viral spillover and host adaptation;
- Ecological and environmental risk factors;
- Molecular mechanisms of transmission;
- Surveillance and early warning systems;
- Predictive modelling and outbreak response;
- Interdisciplinary collaborations in One Health;
- Technological advances in detection and diagnostics;
- Policy frameworks for pandemic preparedness.
Dr. Mohammed Rohaim
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Munir
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Zoonotic Diseases is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- zoonotic viruses
- viral spillover
- host–pathogen interactions
- viral evolution
- transmission pathways
- outbreak dynamics
- surveillance
- pandemic preparedness
- infectious disease ecology
- one health
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