Epidemiology of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses

Dear Colleagues,

Viral hemorrhagic fevers are caused by viruses that belong to distinct families: arenaviruses, bunyaviruses, filoviruses, flaviviruses, and paramyxoviruses. Rodents and bats have been reported as reservoirs of some of these viruses, which are transmitted either by arthropod vectors, such as ticks and mosquitoes, and/or by direct contact with fluids from infected animals or humans.

Infection can lead to serious febrile illness in humans, with plasma leakage, multi-organ failure, internal and external hemorrhages, etc. These emerging/re-emerging diseases are a serious threat for public health and raise concerns for the future, as there are neither specific treatments nor vaccines against most of them. Indeed, in recent years, we have witnessed an increase in the number of cases and in the geographical propagation of viral hemorrhagic fevers.

In this Special Issue entitled “Epidemiology of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses”, we are aiming to gather the most recent data on the following:

• Human outbreaks and cases;
• Serosurvey in human and reservoirs;
• Virus strains and evolution;
• The identification of risk factors associated with disease severity;
• Transmission cycle between reservoir, vector, and host.

In the aim of providing a global update on viral hemorrhagic fever epidemiology, we would be pleased to consider your original research papers or reviews on the subject.

Dr. Stéphanie Devignot
Guest Editor

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