Recent Progress in Dengue Virus Research 2016
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2017)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural virology; flaviviruses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dengue virus (DENV) is responsible for serious human disease worldwide and the World Health Organization estimates that over 2 billion people are at risk. DENV is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus Aedes. Infection by any of the four DENV serotypes causes diseases, ranging from mild fever to life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome There are no specific antivirals or approved vaccines for use in DENV treatment or prevention.
This special issue of Viruses is dedicated to explore and discuss many aspects of the DENV pathogenesis and disease. We hope to assemble a collection of research papers and reviews that together will offer a comprehensive view on this promising field, which reflects our current understanding and looks toward the future. Topics may include studies on epidemiology and clinical presentation of dengue disease, the virus-vector interface, the structural biology of the virus particle, host cell interactions, the DENV molecular biology, host immune response and mechanisms of virus immune evasion, strategies for developing effective prophylaxis and an update of the vaccine development.
Dr. Ali Amara
Prof. Felix A. Rey
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dengue virus mosquito interactions
- dengue virus structural biology
- dengue virus life cycle
- Immune responses to dengue virus infection
- immune modulation by dengue virus.
- dengue vaccine
