Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to a Special Issue on the interconnection of human, animal, and environmental health in emerging and established fungal diseases of humans and animals. The One Health approach bridges silos and sectors, involving professionals of diverse backgrounds, including physicians, veterinarians, and a wide range of scientific specialties, on multiple levels, from local to global. Fungal diseases are well-suited to the One Health approach, yet such collaborations have been limited to date.

The fungal kingdom is estimated to contain millions of species, most still undescribed, and is the largest and most diverse of the kingdoms of life. Fungi are ubiquitous in the environment, although extremely diverse across environments, and are the primary cause of plant diseases. Although nearly all fungi either co-exist harmlessly or even beneficially with animals, an estimated 600 species can cause disease in humans. The One Health approach is increasingly important in recent years, as accelerating changes occur at the human, animal, and environmental interface. These changes have impacted the spread and frequency of fungal diseases and have also permitted the emergence or re-emergence of fungal pathogens.

The goal of this Special Issue is to describe fungal One Health issues, including fungal zoonosis and sapronoses (i.e., pathogens that are free-living in the environment) that affect or have the potential to affect human populations. Oomycetes (e.g., Pythium) and other fungal-like organisms will also be included. This issue will include reviews, original studies, and novel perspectives on animal–human and environment–human transmitted fungal diseases, environment-acquired antifungal resistance, and air–food–water safety.

Dr. Diego H. Caceres
Dr. Brendan R. Jackson
Dr. Karen Wu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Fungi is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• One Health
• zoonosis
• sapronoses
• fungal infections
• emerging pathogens