Genomic Epidemiology of High-Consequence Viruses
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2025) | Viewed by 1259
Special Issue Editors
Interests: virus discovery; metagenomics; viral ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Combining epidemiological and genomic metadata with bioinformatic tools and, more recently, AI algorithms and machine learning, genomic epidemiology is a novel and promising research area that has become an important tool for controlling infectious diseases. It enables the tracking of viral transmission patterns and the uncovering of novel dissemination routes from local outbreaks to global pandemics, providing crucial insights for evidence-based public health interventions. Additionally, genomic epidemiology helps identify potential sources for emerging zoonotic diseases and predict plausible future evolutionary landscapes of viral pathogens. Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 evolution and the identification of viral variants with crucial biological implications (immune escape, higher pathogenicity) through genomic approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic is a paradigmatic example.
Genomic epidemiology, combined with viral ecology, has shown its potential to provide a detailed description of how HPAI H5N1 has spread worldwide, affecting both poultry and wildlife. It was also crucial in understanding the current outbreak of HPAI H5N1 in mammals in the United States by analyzing the patterns of viral transmission within and between different species.
The Guest Editors invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue of Pathogens with novel research focused on the genomic epidemiology of viral zoonotic infections. Reviews on aspects of genomics, evolution, and epidemiology of high-consequence zoonotic viral are also welcome.
Dr. Santiago Mirazo Villar
Dr. Florencia Cancela
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genomic surveillance
- viral transmission
- pandemic preparedness
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