Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Heterogeneous Populations

Dear Colleagues,

Spread of antimicrobial resistance is a complex system with horizontal gene transfer occurring at the bacterial level, but also transmission of resistant bacteria between hosts (human and animal). Risk of spread is determined by processes at both levels, where horizontal gene transfer can lead to resident bacteria acquiring resistance genes, and transmission is required for clonal spread of resistance. Heterogeneous communities, i.e., communities of different species, at both the macro- and micro-level can both enhance but also limit spread. What mechanisms limit or enhance spread in heterogeneous communities is not yet unravelled. 

This Special Issue seeks to bring together research on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in heterogeneous communities. Articles on communities at both levels or integration of levels are welcome and with different techniques:

1. Experimental studies in vitro and in vivo;
2. Epidemiological studies;
3. Microbiome research in susceptibility to colonization;
4. Estimation methods to quantify spread;
5. Mathematical and simulation modeling.

Dr. Egil Andreas Joor Fischer
Guest Editor

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• spread of antimicrobial resistance
• multi-pathogen
• multi-host
• scales
• epidemiology
• reservoirs
• One-health
• community