Pathogenesis and Antiviral Treatment of Emerging and Reemerging Viral Infections
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 18
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Interests: HIV; dengue virus; vaccines
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Dear Colleagues,
Emerging and reemerging viruses represent a global public health concern, including those involving human infections resulting from zoonotic spillover events, for which pathogenesis remains poorly understood and effective therapeutic strategies are often unavailable. In recent decades, globalization, climate change, and increased mobility of people, animals, and products have contributed to a growing number of outbreaks and even pandemics. Moreover, continuous viral replication and dissemination frequently lead to genetic adaptation through the accumulation of mutations, recombination, and reassortment, facilitating the emergence of new viral variants. This Special Issue welcomes original and review articles focused on pathogenesis, clinical aspects, antiviral therapies, and prevention strategies, including the development or improvement of technologies targeting human and animal viruses. Our goal is to provide an updated and comprehensive overview of the molecular and clinical understanding of emerging viral infections while highlighting innovative approaches for their control.
This Special Issue is supervised by Dr. Luciana Barros de Arruda and assisted by our Guest Editor Assistant Dr. Sharton Vinicius Antunes Coelho (shartonvinicius@micro.ufrj.br, Departamento de Virologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil).
Dr. Luciana Barros de Arruda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- viral replication
- antiviral
- inflammation
- vaccine
- arbovirus
- respiratory virus
- hemorrhagic virus
- neurotropic virus
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