Special Issues

Viruses publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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HIV Elimination as the Goal by 2030 - 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 16 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2506
Keywords: HIV/AIDS; elimination; 95/95/95 UNAIDS targets; antiretroviral; viral load suppression; drug resistance; aging; key populations; co-infection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
Culicoides-Borne Viruses 2023 submission deadline 20 Mar 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7479 | Submission Open
Keywords: culicoides-borne viruses; orbivirus; nairovirus; ephemerovirus; vesiculovirus; orthobunyavirus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Insect Viruses)
The Diverse Regulation of Transcription in Endogenous Retroviruses
edited by and Zachary H. Williams
submission deadline 28 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: endogenous retrovirus (ERV); human endogenous retrovirus (HERV); HERV-K; long terminal repeat (LTR); retrotransposon; exaptation; transcriptional silencing; piRNA; gene regulatory network; pluripotency; chromatin; methylation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Advances in Alphavirus and Flavivirus Research submission deadline 29 Mar 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 16095 | Submission Open
Keywords: arbovirus; alphavirus; flavivirus; Chikungunya; Mayaro; Zika; Dengue; diagnostics; surveillance; vaccine; antivirals; animal models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Viruses and Cellular Metabolism 2023 submission deadline 30 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5637 | Submission Open
Keywords: RNA viruses; DNA viruses; metabolomics; redox biology; pathogenesis; carcinogenesis; inflammation; fibrosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)
Molecular Epidemiology, Evolution, and Dispersion of Flaviviruses submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 18787 | Submission Open
Keywords: flavivirus; evolution; genomic epidemiology; phylodynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
65-Year Anniversary of the Discovery of Cytomegalovirus
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12331 | Submission Open
Keywords: herpesvirus; cytomegalovirus; antivirals; vaccines; pathogenesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
HIV-1 Infection and Immunometabolism: Relevance to HIV Pathogenesis and Persistence 2.0
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9649 | Submission Open
Keywords: immunometabolism; HIV-1; inflammation; immune activation; HIV pathogenesis; HIV latency; innate/adaptive immunity; metabolic diseases; non-AIDS-associated comorbidities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Plant Virus Resistance
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8565 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)
Arbovirus Diagnostics submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8514 | Submission Open
Keywords: arboviruses; diagnostic strategy; serology; molecular detection; viral infection; differential diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Insect Viruses)
Novel Antiviral Targets against Emerging Viruses submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8015 | Submission Open
Keywords: antiviral; arboviruses; Chikungunya virus; Zika virus; Mayaro virus; SARS-CoV-2; natural and synthetic compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Viral Genetic Variation
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7923 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging and re-emerging viruses; adaptation; tropism; receptor usage; immune escape; drug resistance; evolution rate
(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)
Influenza Virus Pathogenesis and Transmission
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6665 | Submission Open
Keywords: influenza A virus; evolution; pathogenicity; transmission
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus 3.0
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6606 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
Mechanism of Receptor Recognition in Coronavirus
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5142 | Submission Open
Keywords: coronavirus family (alpha; beta; gamma; delta); receptor recognition mechanisms; spike protein mutations; host range diversity; emerging coronaviruses; vaccine and therapeutic challenges; molecular interaction complexity; viral evolution and zoonotic transmission; host– pathogen interactions; cellular entry factors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Coronaviruses)
Rotaviruses and Rotavirus Vaccines
edited by and John T. Patton
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5107 | Submission Open
Keywords: rotaviruses; molecular biology; reverse genetics; molecular epidemiology; vaccine development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Viral Strategies to Regulate Host Immunity or Signal Pathways
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4512 | Submission Open
Keywords: virus– host interaction; viral immunity; viral pathogenesis; immune evasion; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; signal pathway
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Proteins at the Intersection of Virus Infection and Immunity
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3963 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Virology Association submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3772 | Submission Open
Keywords: viruses; prions; animal models; virus-host interactions; pathogenesis; infection; disease; novel technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)
Broadly Protective Anti-viral Vaccines
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3228 | Submission Open
Keywords: universal vaccines; structure-based rational design; cross-protection; broadly neutralizing antibody; T-cell epitopes; preventative and therapeutic vaccines; adaptive immunology; highly variable virus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Life Cycle of Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) and HDV-Like Agents
edited by and Stephan Urban
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2702 | Submission Open
Keywords: hepatitis D virus; HDV-like agents; viral life cycle; virus– host interaction; immune responses; virus evolution; pathogenesis; epidemiology; clinical discoveries
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
Emerging Zoonotic Diseases 2023
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2681 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging viruses; zoonoses; epidemiology; pathogenesis; cell– virus interaction; surveillance program; one health; innovative diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Identifying and Characterizing Viral Infections in Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish and Other Aquatic Species
edited by and Kuttichantran Subramaniam
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2620 | Submission Open
Keywords: reptile virus; amphibian virus; fish virus; aquatic virus; virus discovery; virus characterization; virus genomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Novel Antiviral Agents: Synthesis, Molecular Modelling Studies and Biological Investigation, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2297 | Submission Open
Keywords: antiviral agents; in silico tools; emerging infectious diseases; viruses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Arenaviruses 2023
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1974 | Submission Open
Keywords: arenavirus; anti- and pro-viral host factors; novel viral protein function(s); regulation of viral protein function; post-translational modifications; viral-host interactions; viral mitigation strategies; viral attenuation; defective interfering particles.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
Global Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control, Volume II
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1973 | Submission Open
Keywords: foot-and-mouth disease; foot-and-mouth disease virus; hoof-and-mouth disease; FMD; FMD virus; foot-and-mouth disease vaccines
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Hepatitis B Core-Related Antigen
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1743 | Submission Open
Keywords: hepatitis B virus; core-related antigen; HBcrAg; HBc; HBeAg; PreC; biomarker; cccDNA activity; pathogenesis; disease progression
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
Functional and Structural Features of Viral RNA Elements
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1732 | Submission Open
Keywords: RNA viruses; IRES elements; cap-independent protein synthesis; translation initiation; conserved RNA motifs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Emerging Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1592 | Submission Open
Keywords: paramyxovirus; zoonotic; bat
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Innate Immunity to Virus Infection 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1551 | Submission Open
Keywords: innate immunity; interferon (IFN); IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs); IFN signaling pathways; antiviral immunity; inflammation; immunometabolism; non-coding RNA; vaccine; broadly antiviral drug
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
STING-Mediated Antiviral Activity and Viral Evasion
edited by Yanmin Li, and Xiaodong Qin
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1394 | Submission Open
Keywords: STING; viral infection; innate immunity; antiviral; viral evasion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
T Cells in Viral Infections Volume 2
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open
Keywords: virus; T cell; animal model; mouse model; immunotherapy; viral latency; cell metabolism; immunomodulation; exhaustion; memory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Cascade of Care for HIV and Hepatitis
edited by Justyna Dominika Kowalska
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1172 | Submission Open
Keywords: HIV; AIDS; cascade; linkage; HCV; HBV
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
The 7th International Conference on Retroviral Integration submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1016 | Submission Open
Keywords: retroviral integration; integrase; latency; HIV cure research; intasomes; gene therapy; integrase strand transfer inhibitors; allosteric integrase inhibitors; preintegration complex; nuclear import; retrotransposition
(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)
Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis Viruses
edited by , Allison Imrie and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 988 | Submission Open
Keywords: mosquito-borne arboviruses; encephalitic togaviruses; encephalitic flaviviruses; encephalitic bunyaviruses; mosquito vectors; laboratory diagnostics; one health approaches to arbovirus ecology; arbovirus surveillance; vaccines to encephalitic arboviruses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
Bioinformatics-Driven Analysis of Mechanisms Underlying the Function and Evolution of Pandemic Viruses submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open
Keywords: pandemic virus; avian influenza; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; immune escape; structural bioinformatics; variant; mutation; antiviral design; host jump; pathogenicity shift; antiviral design; epitope identification
(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)
Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Cutaneous Virus Infection
edited by Christopher C. Norbury
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 651 | Submission Open
Keywords: cutaneous/skin; virus; interferon; T cell; dendritic cell; monocyte; keratinocyte; poxvirus; herpes simplex virus; papilloma virus; merkel cell polyomavirus; antimicrobial peptides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Computational Modeling in RNA Viruses
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational modelling; machine learning; viral evolution; genomics; infectious diseases; public health; host-pathogen interaction; protein modelling; drug discovery; vaccine design
(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)
Universal Influenza Vaccines for Humans and Animals
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: influenza; universal vaccine; correlates of protection; adjuvant; mass vaccination; intranasal vaccine; inactivated vaccine; orthomyxovirus; seasonal influenza; pandemic influenza; highly pathogenic avian influenza; swine influenza; equine influenza; canine influenza; avian influenza; influenza host range
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Unraveling the Pathogenesis of Persistent Virus Infection
edited by and Mie Kobayashi-Ishihara
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathophysiology; persistent virus infections; chronic diseases; latency; reactivation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)
edited by , Luis L. Rodriguez, and Michael A. Whitt
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathogenesis; innate immune evasion; Virus– vector interactions; Virus– host interactions; epidemiology; entry; assembly; replication; transcription; vaccine; oncolytic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Retroviral Recombination and Genetic Diversity
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: retroviruses; endogenous retroviruses; evolution; recombination; genetic diversity; infection and diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
Archaeal Virology 2.0
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submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: archaea; archaeal viruses; extremophiles; virus evolution; virus characterization; viral proteins; metagenomics; viromics; CRISPR; virus defence mechanisms; virus diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)
Disorders Caused by Viral Hepatitis beyond the Liver: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: viral hepatitis; extrahepatic disorders; replication; pathogenesis; in vitro or in vivo culture model for studying extrahepatic disorders; diagnosis; treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
Immunogenicity and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccine: A Milestone Achieved in the Battle against the Pandemic
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submission deadline 5 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5225 | Submission Open
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; vaccines; immunogenicity; safety; RNA-vaccines; prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Coronaviruses)
Recent Advances in Anti-HCV, Anti-HBV and Anti-flavivirus Agents
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submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6431 | Submission Open
Keywords: medicinal chemistry of anti-HCV; anti-HBV and anti-flavivirus agents; synthesis; structure– activity relationships (SARs); antiviral drug discovery; HBV; HCV; dengue virus (DENV); yellow fever virus (YFV); West Nile virus  (WNV); Zika virus (ZIKV); mechanism of action; drug targets; in silico studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Biotechnological Applications of Phage and Phage-Derived Proteins 4.0
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submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5679 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacteriophage; biotechnological applications; genetic engineering; antimicrobials; diagnostic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)
Diversity and Coinfections of Plant or Fungal Viruses 2023 submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4268 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis; surveillance; molecular mechanism; viroid; subviral agents; mycoviruses; biological control; pesticide resistance; antiviral defense mechanism; population genetics; recombination; gene expressions; host range
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)
Viral Infections and Immune Dysregulation 2023 submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open
Keywords: immune responses; immune dysregulation; autoimmunity; viral infections; immunomodulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)
Aging and Comorbidities of COVID-19 2024
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submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 791 | Submission Open
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; aging; comorbidity; preclinical models; prognosis; therapies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Coronaviruses)
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