28 January 2026
Viruses | Selected Papers from Editorial Board Members in 2025
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1. “Multivalent Interactions Between the Picornavirus 3C(D) Main Protease and RNA Oligonucleotides Induce Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation”
by Somnath Mondal, Saumyak Mukherjee, Kevin E. W. Namitz, Neela H. Yennawar and David D. Boehr
Viruses 2025, 17(11), 1473; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111473
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/11/1473

2. “Small Molecule Compounds Inhibit Varicella-Zoster Virus Replication by Targeting the Portal Protein–Capsid Interface”
by Julius Svensmark, Emily Polk, Ellyn Kornfeind, Whitney Lane, Melissa A. Visalli and Robert J. Visalli
Viruses 2025, 17(11), 1496; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111496
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/11/1496

3. “Minimal Polymerase-Containing Precursor Required for Chikungunya Virus RNA Synthesis”
by David Aponte-Diaz, Abha Jain, Jayden M. Harris, Jamie J. Arnold and Craig E. Cameron
Viruses 2025, 17(12), 1556; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17121556
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/12/1556

4. “Interferons Inhibit Ebola Virus Infection of Human Keratinocytes”
by Jonah Elliff, Hanora Van Ert, Kristina Sevcik, Marija Anne Djurkovic, Danielle Rudd, Francoise Gourronc, Aloysius Klingelhutz, Olena Shtanko and Wendy Maury
Viruses 2025, 17(12), 1577; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17121577
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/12/1577

5. “Resistance Mutations to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Destabilize Hemagglutinin and Attenuate H1N1 Influenza Virus”
by Guohua Yang, Po-Ling Chen, Samuel W. Rovito, Karine Minari, Haley N. Writt, Jennifer DeBeauchamp, Jeri Carol Crumpton, Lisa Kercher, Rebecca M. DuBois, Richard J. Webby et al.
Viruses 2026, 18(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/v18010032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18/1/32

6. “Genome-Wide Variation Profile of the Genus Tobamovirus”
by Amany E. Gomaa and Hernan Garcia-Ruiz
Viruses 2025, 17(9), 1284; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17091284
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/9/1284

7. “Modification of H1N1 Influenza Luciferase Reporter Viruses Using StopGo Translation and/or Mouse-Adapted Mutations”
by Po-Ling Chen, Guohua Yang, Chet Ojha, Balaji Banoth and Charles J. Russell
Viruses 2025, 17(9), 1211; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17091211
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/9/1211

8. “Immune Responses and Replication of Rescued Torque Teno Virus (TTSuV1) in Mice”
by Md-Tariqul Islam, Brett Webb and Sheela Ramamoorthy
Viruses 2025, 17(8), 1105; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17081105
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/8/1105
