Listeria monocytogenes, a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, poses a significant threat to food safety and public health, particularly in refrigerated and processed foods due to its adaptability to various environmental conditions, including cold temperatures. Its notorious ability to cause listeriosis, a foodborne illness with severe symptoms, is of particular concern for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, the elderly, and individuals with compromised immune systems. Annually, it is estimated to be responsible for approximately 1,600 illnesses and 260 deaths in the United States alone. Ongoing research and surveillance are essential to prevent and manage listeriosis outbreaks, given its remarkable adaptability, immune system evasion, and ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
Efforts are continually directed toward understanding the mechanism of virulence as well as the host-pathogen interaction, crucial for advancing scientific knowledge in the prevention and treatment strategies against this bacterium. This research topic aims to explore scientific gaps associated with Listeria monocytogenes. The main focus includes, but is not limited to:
1. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Listeria monocytogenes virulence
2. Cell biology of Host-pathogen interactions and immune evasion mechanisms.
4. Host Innate and adaptive immunity to infection
5. Listeria monocytogenes vaccines
This research topic aims to collect a wide range of articles on the areas above. We will accept all article types permissible in the Frontiers in Bacteriology submission guidelines.
Keywords:
Foodborne pathogen, Refrigerated foods, Vulnerable populations, Blood-brain barrier, Structural features
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Listeria monocytogenes, a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, poses a significant threat to food safety and public health, particularly in refrigerated and processed foods due to its adaptability to various environmental conditions, including cold temperatures. Its notorious ability to cause listeriosis, a foodborne illness with severe symptoms, is of particular concern for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, the elderly, and individuals with compromised immune systems. Annually, it is estimated to be responsible for approximately 1,600 illnesses and 260 deaths in the United States alone. Ongoing research and surveillance are essential to prevent and manage listeriosis outbreaks, given its remarkable adaptability, immune system evasion, and ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
Efforts are continually directed toward understanding the mechanism of virulence as well as the host-pathogen interaction, crucial for advancing scientific knowledge in the prevention and treatment strategies against this bacterium. This research topic aims to explore scientific gaps associated with Listeria monocytogenes. The main focus includes, but is not limited to:
1. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Listeria monocytogenes virulence
2. Cell biology of Host-pathogen interactions and immune evasion mechanisms.
4. Host Innate and adaptive immunity to infection
5. Listeria monocytogenes vaccines
This research topic aims to collect a wide range of articles on the areas above. We will accept all article types permissible in the Frontiers in Bacteriology submission guidelines.
Keywords:
Foodborne pathogen, Refrigerated foods, Vulnerable populations, Blood-brain barrier, Structural features
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.