Emerging and re-emerging infections are increasing due to globalization, climate and environmental changes, and multiple geopolitical and social factors. While the pediatric population is affected by infectious diseases, it is understudied compared to adults.
There is a number of conditions that expose children and adolescents to emerging infections in many regions of the world:
- Children are subjected to social changes such as displacement, migration, violence and poverty, which determine the spread of infections
- Travel destinations with infectious diseases not known in the traveler's country of origin
- The emergence of new pathogens, such as SARS-Cov-2
- The complex natural history and difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of many pathogens
- Difficulties in terms of complications and the immune response of the patient
- Parasitic and infectious diseases in countries with poor environmental sanitation
- The spread of vectors.
The aim of this Research Topic is to provide a review of emerging and re-emerging infections in the pediatric and adolescent population including, for example, travelers and migrants, from the perspective of their social and environmental determinants, as well as the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, therapy and prevention aspects. Expanding our knowledge about these diseases, together with an integrated approach for a better understanding of the multiple factors that contribute to their appearance in children and adolescents, will help improve their identification, timely diagnosis, and therapy, as well as allow the improvement of measures for the prevention and protection of children's health.
This collection is open to articles that focus on the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, therapy and prevention aspects of emerging infections, the understanding of their emergence, infectious diseases in children that travel and are exposed to diseases not present in their country of origin, and infections that are not endemic in the destination country. We also welcome articles that focus on environmental macro determinants, such as climate change and the socio-economic policies on infectious diseases associated with migration, human displacement, and vulnerable populations.
The emerging infections that we would like to focus on, include, but are not limited to the following:
- New infections: COVID-19, MERS-CoV, Avian influenza, Nipah virus
- Infections typically associated with travelers: arbovirus (dengue, chikungunya, Zika, Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis), malaria, Hanta virus, leishmaniasis, enterovirus 71
- Other Infections: Schistosomiasis, Chagas disease, strongyloides, tuberculosis, measles, hepatitis B, HIV.
Emerging and re-emerging infections are increasing due to globalization, climate and environmental changes, and multiple geopolitical and social factors. While the pediatric population is affected by infectious diseases, it is understudied compared to adults.
There is a number of conditions that expose children and adolescents to emerging infections in many regions of the world:
- Children are subjected to social changes such as displacement, migration, violence and poverty, which determine the spread of infections
- Travel destinations with infectious diseases not known in the traveler's country of origin
- The emergence of new pathogens, such as SARS-Cov-2
- The complex natural history and difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of many pathogens
- Difficulties in terms of complications and the immune response of the patient
- Parasitic and infectious diseases in countries with poor environmental sanitation
- The spread of vectors.
The aim of this Research Topic is to provide a review of emerging and re-emerging infections in the pediatric and adolescent population including, for example, travelers and migrants, from the perspective of their social and environmental determinants, as well as the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, therapy and prevention aspects. Expanding our knowledge about these diseases, together with an integrated approach for a better understanding of the multiple factors that contribute to their appearance in children and adolescents, will help improve their identification, timely diagnosis, and therapy, as well as allow the improvement of measures for the prevention and protection of children's health.
This collection is open to articles that focus on the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, therapy and prevention aspects of emerging infections, the understanding of their emergence, infectious diseases in children that travel and are exposed to diseases not present in their country of origin, and infections that are not endemic in the destination country. We also welcome articles that focus on environmental macro determinants, such as climate change and the socio-economic policies on infectious diseases associated with migration, human displacement, and vulnerable populations.
The emerging infections that we would like to focus on, include, but are not limited to the following:
- New infections: COVID-19, MERS-CoV, Avian influenza, Nipah virus
- Infections typically associated with travelers: arbovirus (dengue, chikungunya, Zika, Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis), malaria, Hanta virus, leishmaniasis, enterovirus 71
- Other Infections: Schistosomiasis, Chagas disease, strongyloides, tuberculosis, measles, hepatitis B, HIV.