Zoonotic Corona Viruses – Animal & Human Health Implications
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 9032
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbiology; animal health; food safety; bacteriology; virology; co-infections; microbiome in health and disease; veterinary diagnostics
Interests: zoonotic and emerging viruses; diagnostic assay development; immune responses to viruses; viral pathogenesis; viral vaccines and anti-virals
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: microbiology; food safety; animal health; microbiome in health and disease; poultry health and translational animal models
Special Issue Information
Coronaviruses (CoV) are the largest enveloped single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses, with bats being recognized as their oldest known reservoir hosts. Recombination and adaptation events have contributed to the emergence of several new CoV species, including SARS-CoV-2, by facilitating their jump from natural reservoirs to humans and successful host shifts. The faulty proofreading activity of the viral replicase and the recombination ability of viral polymerase during co-infections explain the characteristic genetic plasticity associated with CoVs. This genetic plasticity allows CoVs to acquire virulence factors, have dynamic antigenic profiles, extend their host range, and show variable tissue tropism, enabling the emergence of zoonotic viruses with increased pathogenicity in the same species or adaptation to unusual hosts, result in exceptionally rapid viral spread, as is occurring in the COVID-19 pandemic. The ability of CoVs to undergo cross species transmission and the risks underlining the possible human–animal transmission route, including the proximity of wild and domestic animals, are other concerns that need to be addressed. Henceforth, for this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit original research articles, short communications, perspectives, and reviews that evaluate the transmission dynamics of zoonotic CoVs at the human–animal interface to improve the understanding of the whole spectrum of diseases by identifying risk groups/species and comorbid conditions that make the condition more severe as well as the effectiveness of certain public health interventions. This collected information will also help us to evaluate and restructure existing biosecurity measures that can be adopted for prospective viral pandemics.
Dr. Meera Surendran Nair
Prof. Suresh Varma Kuchipudi
Dr. Divek V. T. Nair
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- zoonotic
- CoV
- transmission
- pathogenesis
- animals
- human
- SARS-CoV-2
- recombination
- genetic plasticity
