Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
5.1
3.7
Journals
Pathogens
Special Issues
Feature Papers on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
share announcement

Feature Papers on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 5161

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Gunjan Arora

E-Mail Website1 Website2
Guest Editor
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Interests: immunology; malaria; tuberculosis; cell signaling; synthetic biology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Dr. Jiří Černý

E-Mail Website
Co-Guest Editor
Institute of Biotechnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: emerging viral zoonoses; arthropod-borne pathogens; arboviruses; virus evolution; pathogen detection; pathogen evolution
Prof. Dr. Yongguo Cao

E-Mail Website
Co-Guest Editor
College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
Interests: gut microbiota; infection and immunity; metabolism
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Dr. Ankur Bothra

E-Mail Website
Co-Guest Editor
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Interests: Mycobacteria; Bacillus anthracis; antibody engineering; omics; bacterial signaling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Special Issue titled “Feature Papers on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases”. This Special Issue aims to solicit primary research articles, reviews, editorials, and commentaries on contemporary and hot topics from scholars.

Due to the pandemic, scholars have experienced significant delays in their research works. Despite the current situation, many researchers have devoted their time to conducting research and submitting their original papers on COVID-19 to Pathogens in the hope that these published papers might assist colleagues in combating the virus. With the goal to acknowledge scholars’ works and avoid inconveniences introduced by the pandemic, this Special Issue is specifically dedicated to “Feature Papers on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases”. We sincerely hope that scholars from all over the world will publish papers based on their research over the last few years. 

Dr. Gunjan Arora
Dr. Jiří Černý
Prof. Dr. Yongguo Cao
Dr. Ankur Bothra
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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. Pathogens is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly 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 2700 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

  • infectious diseases
  • epidemiology
  • diagnostics
  • COVID-19
  • tuberculosis
  • tick-borne diseases
  • influenza
  • HIV
  • host-pathogen interaction
  • pathogen
  • fungal diseases
  • bacterial infection
  • genomics
  • neglected tropical diseases
  • vector-borne diseases

Published Papers (3 papers)

Download All Papers
Order results
Result details
Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Editorial

Jump to: Other

3 pages, 191 KiB  
Editorial
The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Meets AI: A Match Made in Heaven
by Ankur Bothra, Yongguo Cao, Jiří Černý and Gunjan Arora
Pathogens 2023, 12(2), 317; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020317 - 15 Feb 2023
Cited by 2 | Viewed by 2042
Abstract
Infectious diseases remain a major threat to public health [...] Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases)

Other

Jump to: Editorial

9 pages, 804 KiB  
Brief Report
Seroepidemiological Analysis of Canine Leptospira Species Infections in Changchun, China
by Yue Ding, Wenlong Zhang, Xufeng Xie, Shilei Zhang, Ning Song, Zhanbin Liu and Yongguo Cao
Pathogens 2023, 12(7), 930; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070930 - 12 Jul 2023
Viewed by 902
Abstract
Leptospirosis is a significant worldwide zoonotic infectious disease that infects a wide range of animals and humans. Leptospira will colonize the animal’s urinary and reproductive systems and be excreted with urine, potentially causing a wide range of infections. Dogs are an essential host [...] Read more.
Leptospirosis is a significant worldwide zoonotic infectious disease that infects a wide range of animals and humans. Leptospira will colonize the animal’s urinary and reproductive systems and be excreted with urine, potentially causing a wide range of infections. Dogs are an essential host for Leptospira, and epidemiological investigation studies of leptospirosis must be conducted to clarify the prevalence of leptospirosis and to reduce the risk of transmission to humans. This study aimed to investigate the seroepidemiology of leptospiral infection in dogs from Changchun, China, using Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). A total of 1053 canine blood samples were collected and tested by MAT. The positive rate of MAT was approximately 19.1%. The main prevalent Leptospira serogroups were L. Icterohaemorrhagiae (8.1%), L. Canicola (7.6%), L. Australis (5.3%), L. Ballum (4.7%) and L. Pyrogenes (4.2%). No statistically significant difference among different varieties, sexes and sampling seasons (p > 0.05), except the age (p < 0.05). The seropositive rate was much higher in adult and aged dogs than in juvenile dogs. Our results showed the seroprevalence and the prevalent serogroup of Canine leptospirosis in Changchun, China. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

7 pages, 1181 KiB  
Brief Report
Postindustrial Landscapes Are Neglected Localities That May Play an Important Role in the Urban Ecology of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases—A Pilot Study
by Anna Dvořáková, Anita Klímová, Johana Alaverdyan and Jiří Černý
Pathogens 2023, 12(5), 648; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12050648 - 27 Apr 2023
Viewed by 1334
Abstract
Background: Numerous recent studies have shown that ticks and tick-borne pathogens pose a considerable threat in urban areas, such as parks, playgrounds, zoos, cemeteries, etc. Abandoned postindustrial localities, and other types of vague terrain, are other examples of urban wilderness areas that have [...] Read more.
Background: Numerous recent studies have shown that ticks and tick-borne pathogens pose a considerable threat in urban areas, such as parks, playgrounds, zoos, cemeteries, etc. Abandoned postindustrial localities, and other types of vague terrain, are other examples of urban wilderness areas that have been absolutely neglected in respect to ticks and tick-borne pathogens thus far, even though they provide ideal biotopes for ticks. Methods: The abundance of ticks and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes were compared between a city park and an adjacent abandoned construction waste disposal site in Prague, Czechia from June to October 2021. Results: The results showed that ticks and borrelia spirochetes are present at the city park as well as at the abandoned construction waste disposal site, although in lower numbers. Discussion: According to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing the presence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in an urban postindustrial landscape. More detailed studies are needed to uncover the role of these localities in the ecology of ticks and ecoepidemiology of tick-borne diseases in urban areas. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
 
Displaying articles 1-3
Back to TopTop