Pathogenesis and Microbiology of Porcine RNA Viruses
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Pigs".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2023) | Viewed by 2373
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Interests: molecular pathogenesis of viruses; animal vaccines; veterinary pathology
Interests: swine diseases; veterinary infectious diseases; veterinary virology; clinical pathology; immunology
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Dear Colleagues,
Pork is one of the most significant sources of nutrition in our daily life. Porcine RNA viruses, such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), classical swine fever (CSFV), porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), have caused a tremendous threat to pigs’ health, consequently resulting in global economic loss of at least billion dollars every year. Therefore, disease control in the swine industry is essential. Aside from the maintaining good management and biosafety, vaccination has been widely used in conventional farms to prevent and control variable diseases caused by either bacteria or viruses. However, the porcine industry now faces a dilemma as there are still some widely existing or emerging pathogens that lack effective vaccines or methods to prevent the infection, especially RNA viruses which have high a mutation rate and usually result in the partial or poor cross-reactivity or even immune escape from available vaccines. Therefore, a better understanding of pathogenesis and microbiology of these porcine RNA viruses might provide novel insights or strategies for vaccine or therapeutic developments, and foundational knowledge for investigating emerging diseases.
This Special Issue aims to collect a series of scientific articles focused on epidemiological diversity, host–virus interaction, host immune response against viruses, molecular biology of viruses, and modelling and vaccine development. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yen-Chen Chang
Prof. Dr. Chao-Nan Lin
Guest Editors
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