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New Progress in Animal Herpesviruses
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New Progress in Animal Herpesviruses

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 2537

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Angélica Cristine de Almeida Campos

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Institut Pasteur de São Paulo-IPSP, São Paulo 05508-020, Brazil
Interests: virology; emerging infectious diseases; molecular evolution; OneHealth

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Animal herpesviruses cause severe diseases with important economic losses beyond the influence of animal health and epidemiologic status. The Herpesviridae is a large virus family with a growing number of identified species, which generally show a long-standing co-evolution of the respective viruses with their hosts as a spectacular evolutionary success.

During the past two decades, many herpesviruses have been identified in various hosts worldwide by genetic approaches, efforts to generate mutant herpesviruses for investigating and assigning gene functions of herpesviruses in replication and pathogenesis have been made, and questions about the zoonotic potential of herpesviruses have been raised based on the residual potential to cross host species barriers and to adapt to new hosts considering the OneHealth aspects.

This Special Issue aims to report new progress in animal herpesvirus studies, including the viral evolution, genetic pathways, spread, pathogenesis, treatment, immune aspects, host x virus interaction, new approaches and techniques, diagnosis, surveillance, and zoonotic potential of newly discovered and known herpesviruses in different hosts.

Dr. Angélica Cristine de Almeida Campos
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • herpesvirus
  • immunology of herpesvirus
  • new herpesviruses and new hosts
  • host x virus interaction
  • genetic evolution of herpesvirus
  • oneHealth
  • new techniques and diagnosis
  • animal herpesvirus surveillance
  • zoonotic potential of herpesvirus

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Novel Betaherpesviruses in Neotropical Bats on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts: First Report from Antillean Tree Bats (Ardops nichollsi) and Evidence for Cross-Species Transmission
by Jessica L. Kulberg, Sarah Hooper, Yashpal S. Malik and Souvik Ghosh
Microorganisms 2024, 12(12), 2603; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12122603 - 16 Dec 2024
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To date, limited information is available on herpesviruses in bats from the Caribbean region. We report here high detection rates (24.24%, n = 66) of herpesviruses in oral samples from apparently healthy bats (Ardops nichollsi (75%, 9/12) and Molossus molossus (28%, 7/25)) [...] Read more.
To date, limited information is available on herpesviruses in bats from the Caribbean region. We report here high detection rates (24.24%, n = 66) of herpesviruses in oral samples from apparently healthy bats (Ardops nichollsi (75%, 9/12) and Molossus molossus (28%, 7/25)) on the Lesser Antillean Island of St. Kitts. Based on analysis of partial DNA polymerase (DPOL) sequences (~225 amino acid (aa) residues), we identified two distinct groups of herpesviruses (BO-I and -II) that were unique to A. nichollsi and M. molossus, respectively. Within the subfamily Betaherpesvirinae, the BO-I DPOL sequences shared low deduced aa identities (<70%) with other herpesviruses, and phylogenetically, they formed a distinct cluster, representing a putative novel betaherpesvirus. The BO-II DPOL sequences were closely related to a putative novel betaherpesvirus from a M. molossus in Lesser Antillean Island of Martinique, indicating possible transmission of herpesviruses by bat movement between the Caribbean Islands. Phylogenetically, the BO-I and -II betaherpesviruses exhibited species-specific (A. nichollsi and M. molossus, respectively) as well as family-specific (Phyllostomidae and Molossidae, respectively) clustering patterns, corroborating the hypothesis on host specificity of betaherpesviruses. Interestingly, a single M. molossus betaherpesvirus strain clustered with the A. nichollsi betaherpesviruses, indicating possible interspecies transmission of herpesviruses between Phyllostomidae and Molossidae. To our knowledge, this is the first report on detection of herpesviruses from Antillean tree bats (A. nichollsi), expanding the host range of betaherpesviruses. Taken together, the present study identified putative novel betaherpesviruses that might be unique to chiropteran species (A. nichollsi and M. molossus), indicating virus–host coevolution, and provided evidence for interspecies transmission of betaherpesviruses between chiropteran families. Full article
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Alphaherpesvirus in Pets and Livestock
by Shu-Hui Duan, Ze-Min Li, Xue-Jie Yu and Dan Li
Microorganisms 2025, 13(1), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13010082 - 4 Jan 2025
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Herpesviruses are a group of DNA viruses capable of infecting multiple mammalian species, including humans. This review primarily summarizes four common alphaherpesviruses found in pets and livestock (feline, swine, canine, and bovine) in aspects such as epidemiology, immune evasion, and latency and reactivation. [...] Read more.
Herpesviruses are a group of DNA viruses capable of infecting multiple mammalian species, including humans. This review primarily summarizes four common alphaherpesviruses found in pets and livestock (feline, swine, canine, and bovine) in aspects such as epidemiology, immune evasion, and latency and reactivation. Despite the fact that they primarily infect specific hosts, these viruses have the potential for cross-species transmission due to genetic mutations and/or recombination events. During infection, herpesviruses not only stimulate innate immune responses in host cells but also interfere with signaling pathways through specific proteins to achieve immune evasion. These viruses can remain latent within the host for extended periods and reactivate under certain conditions to trigger disease recurrence. They not only affect the health of animals and cause economic losses but may also pose a potential threat to humans under certain circumstances. This review deepens our understanding of the biological characteristics of these animal alphaherpesviruses and provides an important scientific basis for the prevention and control of related diseases. Full article
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