Transboundary and Emerging Diseases brings together the latest research on infectious diseases considered to hold the greatest economic threat to animals and humans worldwide.

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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases welcomes new Editor-in-Chief, Dr Zongfu Wu

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Dr. Zongfu Wu
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Dr. Zongfu Wu is the Technical Director of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Reference Laboratory for Swine Streptococcosis and the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China. He has been a faculty member at College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, since completing his PhD in Preventive Veterinary Medicine in 2009. Dr. Wu conducted postdoctoral research at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, and was a visiting scholar at Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, France. His research specializes in bacterial pathogenic mechanisms, genomic analysis, molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and the development of prevention strategies for bacterial diseases in animals, with a particular emphasis on swine streptococcosis.

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases is inviting applications for the role of Academic Editor

We are excited to be seeking new Academic Editors to build on the journal’s strong foundations and continue to develop Transboundary and Emerging Diseases as a core community resource. The deadline for applications is July 31st 2025. Please click here for further details about the role and how to apply

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Detection of Dirofilaria repens and Mansonella llewellyni in the United States by Wolbachia Surveillance

Charlotte O. Moore, Cynthia Robveille, Barbara Qurollo, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, 
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Emergence of a PRRSV Strain Recombined From Two Modified‐Live Virus Vaccines and Its Elimination From a Breeding Herd

Giovani Trevisan, Joel Sparks, Michael Zeller, Hao Tong, Ganwu Li, Jianqiang Zhang, Phillip C. Gauger, Christopher Rademacher, Rodger Main, Ana Paula Poeta Silva, Daniel C. L. Linhares, 
  •  20 July 2025
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Screening and Identification of Multiple Peptides Homologous to the Fusion Glycoprotein Gc of Schmallenberg Virus Able to Inhibit Viral Infection

Carla Zannella, Rinaldo Grazioso, Annalisa Chianese, Valentina Iovane, Biagio Santella, Serena Montagnaro, Giuseppe Greco, Ugo Pagnini, Gianluigi Franci, Anna De Filippis, Giuseppe Iovane, Carla Isernia, Massimiliano Galdiero, 
  •  18 July 2025
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Construction and Evaluation of Quadruple‐Gene‐Deleted Pseudorabies Virus Platforms for ASFV Antigen Delivery

Hui Li, Ruhai Guo, Yanqing Jia, Xiao Zhang, Zishan Liu, WenLi Shi, Ruochen Hu, YiNing Zhang, Saba Nasir, Likang Han, Xinxin Qiu, Xinglong Wang, 
  •  16 July 2025
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Meteorological, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Factors Influencing Human Brucellosis Occurrence in Yunnan, China, 2006–2021: A Bayesian Spatiotemporal Modeling Study

Ke Li, Jidan Zhang, Binbin Yu, Michael P. Ward, Mengxin Liu, Yuanhua Liu, Zengliang Wang, Zhuohang Chen, Wenjin Li, Na Wang, Yu Zhao, Xiangdong Yang, Fuping Yang, Peng Wang, Zhijie Zhang, 
  •  16 July 2025
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Continuous Introduction of H5 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Viruses in Hokkaido, Japan: Characterization of Viruses Isolated in Winter 2022–2023 and Early Winter 2023–2024

Lim Yik Hew, Norikazu Isoda, Fumihito Takaya, Kohei Ogasawara, Daiki Kobayashi, Loc Tan Huynh, Tatsuru Morita, Rio Harada, Nikolay Gennadievich Zinyakov, Dmitriy Borisovich Andreychuk, Ilya Alexandrovich Chvala, Viktor Nikolaevich Irza, Yukiko Watanabe, Hiroko Fujita, Keisuke Saito, Takahiro Hiono, Yoshihiro Sakoda, 
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First Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Sweden: Local Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Eradication Strategies

Erika Chenais, Viktor Ahlberg, Kristofer Andersson, Fereshteh Banihashem, Lars Björk, Maria Cedersmyg, Linda Ernholm, Jenny Frössling, Wiktor Gustafsson, Lena Hellqvist Björnerot, Cecilia Hultén, Hyeyoung Kim, Mikael Leijon, Anders Lindström, Lihong Liu, Anders Nilsson, Maria Nöremark, Karin M. Olofsson, Emelie Pettersson, Thomas Rosendal, Marie Sjölund, Henrik Thurfjell, Stefan Widgren, Emil Wikström-Lassa, Siamak Zohari, Erik Ågren, Estelle Ågren, Karl Ståhl, 
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SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies in Free-Ranging Fallow Deer (Dama dama) and Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) in Suburban and Rural Areas in Spain

Paloma Encinas, Alba Escalera, Teresa Aydillo, Irene Iglesias, Martha I. Nelson, Adolfo García-Sastre, Gustavo del Real, 
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Descriptive Epidemiology and Phylodynamics of the “First Wave” of an Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b) in British Columbia and the Yukon, Canada, April to September 2022

Cassandra L. Andrew, Shannon L. Russell, Michelle Coombe, James E. A. Zlosnik, Kevin S. Kuchinski, Jessica Caleta, Chris Fjell, Yohannes Berhane, Victoria Bowes, Tony Redford, Caeley Thacker, Laurie Wilson, Maud Henaff, N. Jane Harms, Agatha Jassem, Jolene Giacinti, Catherine Soos, Natalie Prystajecky, Chelsea Himsworth, 
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Genomic Characterization of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing E. coli Harboring blaOXA−1-catB3-arr-3 Genes Isolated From Dairy Farm Environment in China

Muhammad Shoaib, Minjia Tang, Furqan Awan, Amjad Islam Aqib, Ruochen Hao, Saad Ahmad, Shengyi Wang, Ruofeng Shang, Wanxia Pu, 
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