Emerging and/or Zoonotic Viral Infections
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2022) | Viewed by 46190
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Interests: influenza; rift valley fever; virology; zoonotic viral disease; virus-host interaction; vaccine; antiviral; animal model; bat-derived viruses
Interests: arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya, zika, mayaro); emerging arboviruses; mosquito-arbovirus interactions; novel arboviral control strategies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of the journal Pathogens focuses on emerging and/or zoonotic viral infections.
The vast majority of the medically important viruses around the world are of zoonotic origin. The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the recent emergence of novel influenza virus strains, and the ongoing geographic spread of Usutu virus are just three examples highlighting the impact and threat that emerging zoonotic viruses pose to global human health. Vertebrates such as bats, rodents, primates, and birds are likely carriers of countless yet undescribed viruses, some of which may sooner or later “make the jump” into human populations, due to adaptive mutations and ongoing changes in wildlife habitats caused by global climate change and human encroachment. On the other hand, some well-described viruses, such as Western equine encephalitis virus, seem to have largely disappeared from previously endemic regions and perhaps, may re-emerge again. This Special Issue will provide an overview of the emergence/epidemiology, pathobiology, and control strategies regarding zoonotic viruses such as Influenza and coronaviruses as well as on novel or underreported viruses from any region of the world, which have recently emerged or may have the potential to re-emerge in the foreseeable future.
Original research articles (including short communications) and review articles covering topics such as epidemiology and ecology of emerging and zoonotic viruses (including arboviruses), virus evolution, molecular virus–host interactions, diagnostic tool development, in vivo animal models, and novel antiviral control strategies, including the development of vaccines/antivirals, would be viewed as highly suitable contributions. Readers will learn about novel, obscure viruses that have the potential to impact human health and the mechanisms underlying viral emergence and re-mergence. These aspects will usefully supplement the existing literature on zoonotic viruses.
Dr. Wenjun Ma
Dr. Alexander W.E. Franz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging and/or zoonotic viral infections
- virus epidemiology
- host range and transmission
- virus evolution
- fast diagnosis
- molecular virus–host interactions
- in vitro and in vivo small animal models
- virus control
- development of vaccines and antivirals
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