Viral Coinfections in Respiratory Diseases: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Implications
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 536
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Interests: viral infection; antiviral; emerging diseases; antiviral therapies; vaccines; bioinformatics; clinical trials
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Interests: viral infection; viral replication; antivirals; vertical viral infections
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Respiratory viral infections continue to pose a substantial global health burden, impacting individuals across all age groups and healthcare systems. The concurrent circulation of multiple respiratory viruses, including influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinoviruses, adenoviruses, human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza viruses, and coronaviruses, has brought renewed attention to the clinical and biological relevance of viral coinfections. Far from being incidental, these events represent dynamic interactions that can influence viral replication, transmission patterns, host immune responses, and ultimately disease severity. Yet, the full scope and implications of respiratory viral coinfections remain insufficiently explored, particularly in diverse epidemiological settings.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary platform to advance our understanding of viral coinfections in respiratory diseases. We invite contributions that address the epidemiology and seasonality of respiratory viruses, interactions between co-infecting pathogens, host immune modulation and immunopathogenesis, clinical outcomes and disease severity, and advances in diagnostic methodologies. We also encourage studies exploring therapeutic implications, including antiviral strategies, as well as computational and systems biology approaches, to unravel the complexity of coinfection dynamics. Original research articles, reviews, and case reports are all welcome to foster a deeper and more integrated understanding of this evolving field.
Dr. Luis Adrián De Jesús-González
Dr. Moises Leon-Juarez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- respiratory viruses
- viral coinfection
- epidemiology
- immunopathogenesis
- virus–virus interactions
- host–pathogen interactions
- respiratory syncytial virus
- influenza virus
- SARS-CoV-2
- diagnostic methods
- antiviral therapy
- disease severity
- viral seasonality
- multiplex PCR
- clinical outcomes
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