Pathogen Infection in Wildlife 2.0
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 3090
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biodiversity; conservation biology; molecular biology; ecology and evolution; conservation; ecology; climate change; evolution; species diversity; wildlife conservation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue, “Pathogen Infection in Wildlife”.
Most emerging infectious diseases are caused by zoonotic pathogens associated with wildlife reservoirs. However, despite significant efforts to understand the spatiotemporal patterns of disease emergence, our knowledge of the geographical distribution and ecology of wildlife pathogens is largely limited to a few zoonoses. One of the key questions in disease ecology asks which factors drive pathogen occurrence in new hosts and host communities. While multiple evolutionary and ecological hypotheses have addressed this question, the results acquired thus far are complex and their implications are often only applicable to specific scenarios. The paucity of data and the complexity of the findings are particularly apparent for systems with vector-borne pathogens. We still do not sufficiently understand which factors affect host and vector competence and how these factors interact to affect pathogen emergence and persistence.
This Special Issue plans to address various topics on the ecology and evolution of different vector-borne wildlife pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria or protozoa, which can contribute to a better understanding of the processes of disease emergence in human and non-human animals.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The role of host and vector life history strategies and traits;
- The role of host and vector community structure;
- The role of habitat degradation and urbanization;
- Host, vector and pathogen evolutionary histories;
- Determinants of host and vector specificity;
- Cryptic pathogen complexes;
- Pathogen surveillance and detection techniques.
Dr. Radovan Václav
Guest Editor
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