About this Research Topic
In recent decades, the global landscape of infectious diseases has undergone profound transformations, driven by a confluence of factors ranging from human behaviour and environmental changes to microbial adaptation and globalization. The emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases have challenged healthcare systems, societies, and economies worldwide, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of the complex dynamics that underlie these phenomena. As we confront ongoing and emerging threats such as zoonotic spillovers, antimicrobial resistance, and the ever-present potential for pandemic outbreaks, it becomes imperative to delve deep into these diseases' origins, evolution, transmission pathways, and impacts.
This Research Topic aims to provide a comprehensive and insightful platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to explore the complex and multifaceted aspects of emerging and re-emerging diseases. By facilitating the exchange of high-quality research, innovative methodologies, and informed perspectives, our special issue aims to unravel these diseases' origins, evolution, and underlying dynamics. We seek to promote a deeper understanding of the ecological, genetic, socio-economic, and environmental factors that drive the emergence and re-emergence of diseases while exploring their cascading effects on public health, societies, and economies. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and rigorous research, we aim to drive advances in disease prevention, preparedness, intervention strategies and policy formulation, contributing to the global effort to minimize the devastating impact of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
We encourage submissions of original research, short communications and research notes, and reviews focusing on, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Origins and spill-over events of infectious and zoonotic diseases.
- Evolution and adaptation: studies on the genetic evolution of pathogens (e.g., antimicrobial resistance).
- Transmission dynamics: research into the pathways and mechanisms of disease transmission within and between populations.
- Epidemiology, surveillance, and the impact on health systems.
- Societal and economic consequences of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
- Policy and interventions: exploration of policy frameworks, guidelines, and interventions aimed at mitigating the impact of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
- Lessons from historical events: analysis of past disease outbreaks and pandemics to extract lessons learned, identify patterns, and inform preparedness and response strategies.
This Research Topic aims to provide a comprehensive and insightful platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to explore the complex and multifaceted aspects of emerging and re-emerging diseases. By facilitating the exchange of high-quality research, innovative methodologies, and informed perspectives, our special issue aims to unravel these diseases' origins, evolution, and underlying dynamics. We seek to promote a deeper understanding of the ecological, genetic, socio-economic, and environmental factors that drive the emergence and re-emergence of diseases while exploring their cascading effects on public health, societies, and economies. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and rigorous research, we aim to drive advances in disease prevention, preparedness, intervention strategies and policy formulation, contributing to the global effort to minimize the devastating impact of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
We encourage submissions of original research, short communications and research notes, and reviews focusing on, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Origins and spill-over events of infectious and zoonotic diseases.
- Evolution and adaptation: studies on the genetic evolution of pathogens (e.g., antimicrobial resistance).
- Transmission dynamics: research into the pathways and mechanisms of disease transmission within and between populations.
- Epidemiology, surveillance, and the impact on health systems.
- Societal and economic consequences of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
- Policy and interventions: exploration of policy frameworks, guidelines, and interventions aimed at mitigating the impact of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
- Lessons from historical events: analysis of past disease outbreaks and pandemics to extract lessons learned, identify patterns, and inform preparedness and response strategies.
Keywords: animal diseases, epidemiology, infectious diseases, zoonotic diseases, transmission mechanisms, diagnostics, biodiversity, public health
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