About this journal

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology is an open access journal that focuses on the complexity of zoonotic infections, their prevention and cure.

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology aims to integrate the research capabilities of several universities and governmental organizations and to establish a sustainable, intellectual platform for veterinarians, physicians, molecular biologists, ecologists and environmental chemists with an interest in zoonotic infections to interact and create synergies.

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology sets out to enhance knowledge from multiple medical and ecological disciplines on the interface between wild and domestic animals, and humans. The journal acknowledges that combating zoonoses requires an approach to infection ecology and epidemiology whereby researchers must consider ‘One Health’ concepts.

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology focuses on a range of subjects, from the plethora of zoonotic infections in humans, over diseases with implications in wildlife ecology, to advanced virology and bacteriology. The journal welcomes papers from studies where researchers from multiple medical and ecological disciplines are collaborating to increase our knowledge of the emergence, spread and effect of new and re-emerged infectious diseases in humans, domestic animals and wildlife. The journal’s main areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Zoonotic
• Vector-borne infections
• Gastrointestinal pathogens
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Zoonotic microbioorganisms in changing environment

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology accepts original research articles, review articles, case studies, reports, debate pieces and short communications addressing promising research. Proceedings from meetings on infection ecology and epidemiology may be published as supplements.

The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.

Editor-in-Chief
Enrique Castro-Sanchez,

Associate Professor in Infection Prevention and Improvement, University of West London, Richard Wells Research Centre, Brentford, Middlesex, UK and Honorary Lecturer, Imperial College London, London, UK

Associate Editors
Åke Lundkvist - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Johanna Lindahl -

Department of Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.

Mahmoud Naguib - Dept of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden


Managing Editor
Tomas Edgren - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Antimicrobial Resistance
Mirva Drobni - Clinical Microbiology/Dept.of Laboratory Medicine, Östersund Hospital, Sweden
Badrul Hasan - Uppsala University, Sweden
Åsa Melhus - Clinical Bacteriology, University Hospital Uppsala, Sweden
Fatima Mzali - France
Hanna Söderström - Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

Epidemiology and Epizootology
Elsa Jourdain - INRA, Centre de recherche de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
Mare Löhmus - Institute for Environmental Medicine Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Food Microbiology and Safety
Merete Hofshagen - Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway

Infectious Disease Ecology
Jonas Waldenström - Linnæus University Kalmar, Sweden
Neus Latorre Margalef - Functional Zoology/Molecular Ecology Evolution Lab, Department Biology, Lund University, Sweden

Medical and Veterinary Infectious Diseases
Martin Wierup - Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden
Erik Salaneck - Section for Infectious Diseases Dept of Medical Sciences Uppsala University, Sweden

One Health Policy
Lotta Berg - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Sweden
Lovisa Svensson - Örebro University, Sweden

Vector-Borne Diseases
Sven Bergström - Molecular biology, Umeå University, Sweden
Erik Salaneck - Uppsala University, Sweden
Jenny Hesson - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Virology
Samad Amini-Bavil-Olyaee - Amgen Inc. One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA, United States
Anna Papa - Hellenic Reference Lab for Arboviruses, Medical School Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chantal Reusken - Viroscience department, ErasmusmC, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Advisory Board
Karin Artursson - National Veterinary Institute, SVA, Uppsala, Sweden
Lotta Berg - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Sweden
José-Luis Capelo-Martínez - Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal
Sasan Fereidouni - Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Barbara Haesler - The Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom
Phil Hansbro - Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia
Aeron Hurt - WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Elsa Jourdain - INRA, Centre de recherche de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
Bruce Kaplan - One Health Initative, United States
Prof Marcel Klaassen - Director Centre for Integrative Ecology, Australia
Aline de Koeijer - Central Veterinary Institute (CVI) at Lelystad, Netherlands
Dr. Barry John McMahon - University College Dublin, Ireland
Ian Nicholls - Dean, School of Natural Sciences, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Polyxeni Nicolopoulou-Stamati - Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Liana Steeghs - Immuno Valley, Research Program Management, Netherlands
Luísa Vieira Peixe - University of Porto, Portugal
Richard Zuerner - Aitkin, Minnesota, United States