Special Issue on Pediatric Infectious Diseases

An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection. Infections can be caused by a wide range of pathogens, most prominently bacteria and viruses. Pediatric infectious diseases are about all types of infectious diseases affecting newborns to young adults.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Pathogenesis
• Genetics and bioinformatics
• Diagnosis and prognosis
• Treatment and management
• Epidemiology
• Immunology
• Personalised medicine
• Severe and chronic viral infections
• Pediatric influenza
• Bacterial infections
• Antimicrobial clinical pharmacology
• Infections in immunocompromised children
• Emerging pediatric infectious diseases
• Tuberculosis
• Malaria
• Neonatal infection
• Hospital-acquired infection
• Prevention and patient care
• Immune responses and vaccine design
• Pediatric infectious diseases and global health

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue – Pediatric Infectious Diseases” should be chosen during your submission.

According to the following timetable:

For publishing inquiries, please feel free to contact the Editorial Assistant at submission.entrance1@scirp.org

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