Zoonotic Parasitic Diseases in Wild Animals

Dear Colleagues,

Zoonotic diseases are a real problem in a globalized world, where some estimates indicate that more than 60% of human pathogens occur and/or are transmitted by animals. These diseases cause harm to global human health and animal health, result in economic losses due to treatment costs, as well as damage animal production systems or economic embargoes, and can reach their peak in pandemic situations, where all these damaging effects occur simultaneously. Understanding these diseases depends not only on scientific knowledge about their global situation but also on regional outbreaks that are often overlooked; however, it is regional data that allows for the identification of epidemic outbreaks, for example. Other epidemiological data, diagnostic methods and risk factors are fundamental to understanding advances in understanding these diseases.

We are pleased to invite you to share, in this Special Issue, advances on zoonotic parasitic diseases in wild animals and its relevance in the chains of occurrence of these pathogens, especially in fragmented and/or anthropized environments, from descriptions of regional situations; epidemiological, demographic and spatial factors concerning these diseases; studies on diagnostic methods and case reports of first occurrences of zoonotic parasitic pathogens or new interactions between helminths, protozoa and parasitic arthropods and hosts, considering the interfaces between wild animals, domestic animals and humans.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: zoonotic diseases caused by protozoa, helminths and arthropods (including potential vectors) in wild animals. Contributions are expected on the distribution of zoonotic parasites in areas of biome fragmentation, urbanized areas, new parasite–host interactions, new epidemiological data and risk factors associated with the transmission of zoonotic parasites, among others.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Dirceu Guilherme de Souza Ramos
Dr. Victor Silva Vasconcelos
Guest Editors

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• parasitic diseases
• epidemiological data
• epidemiological surveillance