About this Research Topic
Infectious diseases impact the health of livestock, domestic animals, and wildlife and they also affect the life and health of humans. The growing importance of infectious diseases in animals is evidenced by the increased incidence and/or geographic range of some neglected or previously undetected diseases. Notably, this includes zoonotic diseases and those that have the potential to become zoonotic. The effect of infectious diseases in animals can reverberate through ecological, agricultural, and human health sectors, often with profound socio-economic implications. Furthermore, shifts in land use, global warming, and intensified animal farming are altering the disease landscape, ushering in new challenges, and reinforcing the imperative to study veterinary infectious diseases. Reviews in Veterinary Infectious Diseases aims to publish high-quality scholarly review papers on key topics in Veterinary infectious diseases. It targets to update on recent advances in the field, emphasizing important developments in the fields of diagnostics, prevention, treatment, epidemiology, and ecology.
The Reviews in Veterinary Infectious Diseases collection welcomes full-length, mini or systematic review papers in any topic relevant to Veterinary Infectious Diseases. Submissions may address, but are not limited to, one of the following subtopics:
- Updates on state-of-the-art diagnostic, surveillance, detection, and discovery methods for animal infectious disease monitoring and surveillance and on current research in clinical management and pathogenesis of veterinary infectious diseases
- Applications of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to improve the surveillance, detection, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases
- Non-target animal models not used for translation to human medicine but to bridge knowledge gaps in target animal diseases, pathogen transmission between different animal species, and the development of treatments
- What lessons learned in infectious diseases of humans regarding the prevention and treatment including the application of new technologies can be translated to veterinary infectious diseases
- Progress in research on transboundary diseases, not only restricted to insights in disease pathogenesis and treatment, but also covering measures to deal with their socioeconomic and public health consequences as well as ways to foster interaction between the social and natural sciences
- Microorganism ecology in wild and domesticated animals: cross-species transmission, pathogens at the wildlife-farm interphase, zoonoses, anthroponoses, factors influencing pathogen spread and diversity
- Integration of "One health" themes, intertwining topics like antimicrobial resistance, food safety, environmental sustainability, and the ramifications of climate change in a holistic orientation of all aspects of Infectious Veterinary Medicine
- The role of host and vector microbiomes in the ecoepidemiology of pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, disease outcomes and in deteriorating or improving the efficacy of therapeutic approaches
-Development, safety, and efficacy of therapeutics and vaccines for treating and preventing animal infectious diseases and the challenges in their distribution, application, and evaluation in different animal populations and under globally various regulatory environments
- The influence of animal welfare and stress on the susceptibility of animals to infectious diseases, and the development of management practices that promote animal health and well-being
- The role of social, cultural, and economic factors in shaping the risk of infectious diseases in animal populations, and the development of culturally sensitive and sustainable interventions
Topic Editor David Taras is employed by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH. Topic Editor Yougesh Chander is employed by Varigen Biosciences Corporation. All other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regard to the Research Topic topic.
The Reviews in Veterinary Infectious Diseases collection welcomes full-length, mini or systematic review papers in any topic relevant to Veterinary Infectious Diseases. Submissions may address, but are not limited to, one of the following subtopics:
- Updates on state-of-the-art diagnostic, surveillance, detection, and discovery methods for animal infectious disease monitoring and surveillance and on current research in clinical management and pathogenesis of veterinary infectious diseases
- Applications of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to improve the surveillance, detection, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases
- Non-target animal models not used for translation to human medicine but to bridge knowledge gaps in target animal diseases, pathogen transmission between different animal species, and the development of treatments
- What lessons learned in infectious diseases of humans regarding the prevention and treatment including the application of new technologies can be translated to veterinary infectious diseases
- Progress in research on transboundary diseases, not only restricted to insights in disease pathogenesis and treatment, but also covering measures to deal with their socioeconomic and public health consequences as well as ways to foster interaction between the social and natural sciences
- Microorganism ecology in wild and domesticated animals: cross-species transmission, pathogens at the wildlife-farm interphase, zoonoses, anthroponoses, factors influencing pathogen spread and diversity
- Integration of "One health" themes, intertwining topics like antimicrobial resistance, food safety, environmental sustainability, and the ramifications of climate change in a holistic orientation of all aspects of Infectious Veterinary Medicine
- The role of host and vector microbiomes in the ecoepidemiology of pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, disease outcomes and in deteriorating or improving the efficacy of therapeutic approaches
-Development, safety, and efficacy of therapeutics and vaccines for treating and preventing animal infectious diseases and the challenges in their distribution, application, and evaluation in different animal populations and under globally various regulatory environments
- The influence of animal welfare and stress on the susceptibility of animals to infectious diseases, and the development of management practices that promote animal health and well-being
- The role of social, cultural, and economic factors in shaping the risk of infectious diseases in animal populations, and the development of culturally sensitive and sustainable interventions
Topic Editor David Taras is employed by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH. Topic Editor Yougesh Chander is employed by Varigen Biosciences Corporation. All other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regard to the Research Topic topic.
Keywords: diagnostics, prevention, treatment, epidemiology, ecology, zoonoses, One Health
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