Toxoplasma Infection in Wild and Domestic Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2022) | Viewed by 2528
Special Issue Editors
Interests: disease transmission at the animal (domestic and wild)–human–environmental interface; epidemiological surveillance strategies; disease control measures; population monitoring programs
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Interests: wildlife ecopathology; Toxoplasma spp; emerging infectious diseases; wildlife–livestock interface; epidemiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infectious and parasitic diseases of domestic and wild animals are a major concern for the economic sustainability of the livestock industry and wildlife conservation and pose a serious threat to public health. Among all of them, toxoplasmosis is particularly relevant. It is a zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular coccidian belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa. Besides being a parasite of major concern for animal health, T. gondii can lead to abortions in women and severe neuromuscular complications or even death in immunocompromised people and newborns and is the most widespread zoonotic parasite in humans.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide the opportunity to publish original research or review papers that improve our understanding of toxoplasmosis in domestic and wild animals: geographical spread and host range, risk factors, molecular characterization, the influence of different involved agents, development and validation of new diagnostic tools, etc., that aid in addressing the particular challenges in the surveillance, monitoring, control, and ecopathological characterization of this disease.
Dr. David Cano-Terriza
Prof. Dr. Ignacio Garcia-Bocanegra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- toxoplasma
- seroepidemiology
- molecular surveillance
- serotyping
- wildlife
- livestock
