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Advances in Molecular Diagnosis in Neglected Tropical Diseases submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1785 | Submission Open
Keywords: tropical emergent/reemergent pathogens; novel molecular diagnosis; point of care
Insecticide Resistance and Vector Control
edited by , Jesus A. Davila-Barboza and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1609 | Submission Open
Keywords: vector-borne diseases; insecticides; resistance; vector control; disease transmission; monitoring and surveillance; policy and regulatory implications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Vector-Borne Diseases)
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases and Public Health submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1481 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging infectious diseases; travel-related infections; antimicrobial resistance; travel-associated antimicrobial resistance; tropical diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Diseases: One Health Approach
edited by Kazi Rahman
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 1080 | Submission Open
Keywords: vector borne diseases; infectious diseases; epidemiology; public health; One Health
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
New Perspectives and Innovations in Prosthetic Joint Infections
edited by Novella Cesta and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
Keywords: prosthetic joint infection; phage therapy; diagnostic tools in PJIs; antimicrobial resistance; biofilm-associated infections; antimicrobial therapy in PJIs; surgical outcomes; surgical management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Towards Zero Leprosy: Epidemiology and Prevention Strategy
edited by Christa Kasang and Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4766 | Submission Open
Keywords: leprosy; neglected tropical diseases; skin NTDs; disease mapping; post exposure prophylaxis single dose rifampicin; chemoprophylaxis; stigma and discrimination; zero leprosy; multisectoral interventions; infectious diseases; epidemiology
Challenges and Prevention Strategies for Travel-Related Infectious Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open
Keywords: global health; epidemiology; malaria; dengue fever; traveler's health; pre-travel counseling; infection control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Travel Medicine)
One Health Approach to Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment Strategies
edited by Kelvinson Fernandes Viana and
submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: prevention; treatment; epidemiology; vaccines; immunotherapies; vector control
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
Post-Pandemic Challenges: Endemic COVID-19, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Viral Resurgence
edited by Marcin Walkowiak and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2910 | Submission Open
Keywords: vaccine hesitancy; COVID-19; epidemiology; endemic viruses; natural immunity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Tuberculosis Control in Africa and Asia submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2806 | Submission Open
Keywords: tuberculosis; epidemiology; innovative diagnostics; treatment; Africa; Asia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology of Viral Infections
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open
Keywords: virus detection; polymerase chain reaction  (PCR); nucleic acid sequencing; viral drug resistance testing; phylogenetic analysis; viral genotypes/subtypes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Neglected Zoonotic Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
edited by and Kovashnee Naidoo
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open
Keywords: zoonoses; neglected tropical diseases; vector-borne diseases; arboviruses; emerging and re-emerging diseases; biosecurity in livestock production; contamination; climate change; One Health; Africa
Snake Bite: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Julien Potet and Koert Ritmeijer
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3028 | Submission Open
Keywords: snakebite; envenoming; antivenoms; prevention; diagnosis; treatment; tropical medicine; neglected tropical diseases
Emerging Viral Threats: Surveillance, Impact, and Mitigation
edited by Mariana Sequetin Cunha
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2151 | Submission Open
Keywords: one health; viral surveillance; zoonotic diseases; virus evolution; epidemiology; public health; real-time monitoring
Biomarkers, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Approaches for Mycobacterial Diseases
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1813 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycobacterium tuberculosis; nontuberculous mycobacteria; antimycobacterial; biomarker; metabolomics; drug discovery; drug resistance; diagnostic biomarker; prognostic biomarker; predictive biomarkers; surrogate biomarkers; pharmacodynamic biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Advancing One Health Approaches for Public Health and Zoonotic Neglected Tropical Diseases Control in Latin America and the Caribbean
edited by Natalia Cediel-Becerra, and Ximena Collao
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 707 | Submission Open
Keywords: zoonotic neglected diseases; vector-borne diseases; One Health; human– animal– ecosystem interface
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
Progress in Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Research
edited by Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open
Keywords: pneumonia; pneumococci; pneumococcal vaccines
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Advances in West Nile Virus Infection
edited by José María García-Carrasco and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open
Keywords: disease ecology; climate change; one health; epidemiology; veterinary; vector-borne disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Vector-Borne Diseases)
One-Health Perspectives and Solutions in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Disease
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; bacterial infection; fungal infections; diagnosis and detection; environment; human and animal health; microbial source tracking; one-health approach; surveillance; Papers in Volume 1:  Pathogen-Host-Environment Interactions: One-Health Perspectives and Solutions in Antimicrobial Resistance and Disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Emerging Trends of Infectious Diseases in Canada
edited by Yazdan Mirzanejad
submission deadline 6 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2368 | Submission Open
Keywords: zoonoses; climate change; travel health; migrant health; surveillance; CATMAT; OneHealth; vaccine-preventable diseases; tuberculosis; Lyme disease; tick-borne diseases; mosquito-borne diseases; vector-borne diseases; neglected tropical diseases
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: Global and Local Burden, Surveillance, and Response Strategies submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5807 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; viruses; bacteria; parasites; health emergency; health preparedness; global and local surveillance; global and local prevention; global and local control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Rabies Epidemiology, Control and Prevention Studies submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2711 | Submission Open
Keywords: rabies; lyssavirus; epidemiology; control; One Health
Leptospirosis and One Health submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 627 | Submission Open
Keywords: Leptospira; zoonotic diseases; environmental health; public health strategies; bacterial infection
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
Tuberculosis in Special Populations: Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Interventions
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open
Keywords: tuberculosis; migrants; prisoners; children; miners; vulnerable groups; key populations; HIV; drug resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
HIV Testing and Antiretroviral Therapy
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: HIV diagnosis; diagnostic innovations in HIV; antiretroviral therapy; ART drug resistance; novel antiretrovirals; rapid diagnostic tests; HIV/AIDS epidemiology
Recent Advances in Snakebite Envenoming Research
edited by Eduardo Alberto Fernandez Cerna
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: snakebites; venoms; morbimortality; disabilities; surveillance; healthcare access; antivenoms; rehabilitation
Tracking Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition
edited by Amna Tariq
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational and mathematical modeling; statistical technique; emerging infectious diseases; big data; spatiotemporal spread; transmission dynamics; disease forecasting; extreme weather events; disease surveillance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Molecular Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus Infection submission deadline 22 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9150 | Submission Open
Keywords: human papillomavirus infection; epidemiology; HPV genetic diversity; infection control; molecular diagnostic methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Molecular Surveillance and New Diagnostic Tests for Leishmaniasis
edited by Daniel Moreira De Avelar, and Liliane De Fátima Antonio
submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1647 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular diagnosis; visceral leishmaniasis; tegumentary leishmaniasis; genomic surveillance; human leishmaniasis; animal leishmaniasis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Vector-Borne Diseases)
Climate Change and Environmental Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
edited by Jianjun Xiang, Matthew A. Borg and
submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4931 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; environmental epidemiology; infectious diseases; epidemiological research; global health; climate-sensitive diseases; population health; wastewater-based epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Respiratory Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control
edited by , Jing X. Kersey and Li Li
submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3597 | Submission Open
Keywords: respiratory diseases; epidemiology; dynamics; prediction; mitigation and control; public health policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
One Health Approach to Malaria Elimination
edited by Paola Barbosa Marchesini
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: malaria; One Health; malaria elimination; integrated approach
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
Current Status of Viral Hepatitis
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: viral hepatitis; pentavalent vaccine; molecular diagnostics; disease diagnosis; genotypes and sub-genotypes; immune responses; liver cancer; hepatocellular carcinoma; human pegivirus; antiviral therapy; public health; epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Advances in SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Vaccines
edited by Scott Roberts
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; vaccine; epidemiology; public health; preparedness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Diagnosis and Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Insights from New Research and Clinical Trials
edited by Felipe Ridolfi, María Belen Arriaga Gutiérrez and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2637 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; diagnosis; treatment; innovations; clinical trials; institutional collaboration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Advances in Toxoplasma gondii Infection Research
edited by and Juan Atilio Jimenez Chunga
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: Toxoplasma gondii; host– parasite interactions; toxoplasmosis; treatment and prevention; pathogenic mechanism
Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Interventions in Carceral Settings of Low- and Middle-Income Countries
edited by Anne Spaulding, Lawrence Kofi Acheampong and Osei Owusu-Afriyie
submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: tuberculosis; HIV; viral hepatitis; prevalence; outbreak; airborne pathogens; carceral; jail; prison; remand; detention; incarceration; zones of conflict; persons deprived of liberty; prisoner; detainee; inmate; LGBTQ issues; Mandela rules; overcrowding; intake screening; low- and middle-income countries; Africa; Asia; Central America; Caribbean; South America; climate change; emerging infectious disease; intervention; innovation; implementation science; technology transfer; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Adolescent HIV Care and Transition Strategies: Challenges, Outcomes, and Interventions
edited by Brian C. Zanoni
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5359 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescent HIV; transitions of care; retention in care; continuum of care; interventions; mHealth
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Prevention of Yellow Fever
edited by Gisela Freitas Trindade
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: yellow fever; surveillance; diagnosis; vaccination coverage; immune response
The Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3259 | Submission Open
Keywords: foodborne and waterborne pathogens; diagnosis and treatment; whole-genome sequencing (WGS); antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multi-drug resistance (MDR); emerging pathogens; One Health
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
Tackling Emerging Zoonotic Diseases with a One Health Approach submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
Keywords: One Health; epidemiology; zoonotic diseases; virology; bacteriology; parasitology; mycology; vectors and vector-borne diseases; disease surveillance; ecosystem health; public health; diagnostic advancements; outbreak response; serological diagnostics methods; molecular diagnostics methods; molecular typing methods; histopathology; immunohistochemistry; vaccination
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
Infectious Diseases, Health and Climate Change
edited by Bryan Nyawanda
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; climate models; epidemics; disease outbreaks; infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; water- and food-borne diseases; forecasting; re-emerging diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Rabies: Zoonotic Dynamics and Epidemiological Trends
edited by Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta and Elba Regina Sampaio De Lemos
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open
Keywords: rabies; zoonoses; epidemiology; public health; One Health; bats
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Leishmaniasis in Europe and the Mediterranean Region
edited by Begoña Monge-Maillo and Juan Víctor San Martín-López
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: visceral leishmaniasis; cutaneous leishmaniasis; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; imported leishmaniasis; immunosupression; one health; climate change; biomarkers
Transforming TB Prevention and Care: The Era of Technology and AI
edited by Mustapha Gidado
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 801 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology; artificial intellence; best practices; access; impact; machine learning; data analysis; computational modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
New Strategies for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Risk Assessment of Parasitic Disease
edited by , Déborah Aparecida Negrão-Corrêa and Guilherme Silva Miranda
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: ethnopharmacology; epidemiological survey; drug repositioning; wild reservoirs; risk factors; host– parasite interactions; biomarkers; drug targets; immune response; one health
New Perspectives in Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
edited by
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open
Keywords: tuberculosis infection; early diagnosis; tuberculosis treatment adherence; tuberculosis preventive therapy; adult vaccination for tuberculosis; multisectoral accountability framework; tuberculosis infection prevention and control; end TB strategy; key and vulnerable populations for TB; operational research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
HIV Testing, Prevention and Care Interventions, 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: HIV testing; HIV stigma; HIV prevention; HIV care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infectious Diseases)
Leptospirosis and One Health Approach: Current Status and Future Prospects, 2nd Edition submission deadline 22 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4439 | Submission Open
Keywords: leptospirosis; one health; animal leptospirosis; environment; epidemiology; control; diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section One Health)
Beyond Borders—Tackling Neglected Tropical Viral Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9060 | Submission Open
Keywords: dengue; Zika; chikungunya  ; yellow fever  ; antiviral therapies  ; vector control  ; viral NTDs  ; transmission and epidemiology
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