Emerging and Re-emerging Infections in Pediatrics
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 584
Special Issue Editor
Interests: infectious diseases; congenital infections; neonate; intensive care
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Dear Colleagues,
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and re-emerging infectious diseases (REIDs) are responsible for a significant proportion of the infectious disease outbreaks. EIDs are infectious diseases previously unknown, known diseases that occurred earlier in humans but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range in the last two decades, or have occurred in the past but were only recently recognized as distinct diseases caused by infectious agents. REIDs are infectious diseases that caused significant health problems during a previous time and reappear after they declined significantly.
Many factors influence the occurrence and transmission of EIDs and REIDs. Such factors include the expanding human population, urbanization, climate change, poverty and social inequality, migration, industrial livestock production, appearance of new strains of known disease-causing pathogens, antimicrobial overuse and the development of resistance, and the breakdown in public health measures, such as sanitation and vaccination programs.
The impact of EIDs and REIDs affects many different aspects, including mortality and morbidity, economic burden, and social implications.
In this Special Issue, entitled “Emerging and Re-emerging Infections in Pediatrics”, the contributions from leading authors in the field are intended to improve our understanding regarding EIDs and REIDs in the pediatric population and to expand our knowledge of the appropriate actions to reduce their negative impact.
Dr. Chryssoula Tzialla
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emerging infections
- re-emerging infections
- epidemiology
- microbiology
- virology
- neonate
- pediatric
