Dear Colleagues,

One health is the collaborative effort of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals and the environment. There are many examples of transmission from microorganisms from the environment and animals to humans (zoonosis). One example is Female Reproductive Health (FRH) which is affected by Chlamydia trachomatis, a sexually transmitted infection and is influenced by the environmental Chlamydia-like Waddlia chondrophila which lives in amoebae. Infertility rates are amongst the highest in the world, especially in India. Animal experiments have demonstrated that female reproductive health is affected by the presence of multiple exposures of CT and Chlamydiae in general, though this has not yet been well studied. It is also known that chlamydiae in poultry (oa C. psittaciis) is very prevalent and can be transmitted to humans.

The current Special Issue has a focus on Chlamydiae in the environment and in animals alone or preferentially in relation to human infection and disease. Knowledge of epidemiology and association with bacterial infections can potentially inform appropriate action as these bacterial infections are treatable, so novel case reports are also included in this Special Issue. Finally, since large consortia and projects on Chlamydiae and Chlamydia-likes are funded by the European Union and other continents, we encourage researchers and clinicians to prepare original articles describing the results obtained through the activities of these consortia.

Prof. Dr. Servaas A. Morré
Prof. Dr. ir. Jonathan A. Lal
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. Microorganisms 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 2700 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.