Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Transmission, Evolution, and Public Health Challenges

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

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.