Emerging Viral Epidemics
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 45
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular virology; COVID; SARS-CoV-2
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Dear Colleagues,
Emerging viral epidemics and pandemics result from the complex interaction between viral evolution and human activity. The exceptionally high genetic diversity exhibited by some viruses, particularly those with an RNA genome, confers significant evolutionary potential, which may lead to the emergence of antigenically novel strains with increased virulence and transmissibility. Conversely, ecosystem changes driven by environmental destruction and deforestation, poverty, war, social unrest, inadequate social policies in many countries, population movements, animal migration due to environmental changes, weaknesses in public health systems, mass transportation, and overcrowding in large cities are key anthropogenic factors that significantly contribute to the emergence of severe epidemics and pandemics. Therefore, human civilization is perpetually at risk of facing a serious epidemic or pandemic.
Addressing emerging viral epidemics requires multidisciplinary approaches that encompass advancements in diagnostics, epidemiology, pathophysiology, surveillance, and public health infrastructure. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences aims to provide further insight into the challenges posed by emerging viral epidemics and pandemics, as well as to highlight the lessons that we have learned from recent devastating epidemics.
Dr. Nikolaos Siafakas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emerging viruses
- diagnostic virology
- viral epidemiology
- viral evolution
- zoonotic infections
- public health
- surveillance
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