Novel, Emerging and Neglected Fungal Pathogens for Humans
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 1352
Special Issue Editor
Interests: medical mycology; emerging infectious diseases; discovery and characterisation of novel pathogens; diagnostic microbiology; antimicrobial susceptibility testing and resistance detection
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Dear Colleagues,
An increasing number of fungal species are recognized as being pathogenic to humans. One of the reasons for this trend is that clinical fungi can now be more accurately identified using molecular technologies. Therefore, fungi previously uncommonly encountered can now be recognized as causes of infections. Unknown fungi of clinical origin can also be characterized via genealogical concordance approaches and described as novel species. A notable example is the recognition of the yeast Candida auris as a species distinct from Candida haemulonii and Candida ruelliae, and it is now notorious for its persistence in the environment, as well as its multi-drug-resistant properties. Knowledge of these novel, emerging and/or neglected fungal pathogens is unfortunately lacking; thus, more research into them is needed.
In this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute original research and review articles on novel, emerging and neglected fungal pathogens that affect humans. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following subjects:
- Description of novel human pathogenic fungal species;
- Pathogenesis or virulence;
- Antifungal susceptibility and resistance;
- Epidemiology;
- Diagnostic methods;
- Any other relevant areas.
Dr. Chi-Ching Tsang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- description of novel human pathogenic fungal species
- pathogenesis or virulence
- antifungal susceptibility and resistance
- epidemiology
- diagnostic methods
- any other relevant areas
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