Epidemiology, Evolution, and Prevention of Animal Coronaviruses
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2023) | Viewed by 6643
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the past two decades, the emergence of several coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2002, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012, swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV) in 2017, and SARS-CoV-2 in 2019, has had a devastating impact on public and veterinary health and socioeconomic stability worldwide. Many different species of animals, especially wildlife and bats, have been identified as natural hosts of diverse coronaviruses, which are the potential agents causing novel infections in both humans and domestic animals. Furthermore, coronaviruses that infect livestock and poultry, such as porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TEGV), and infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), have been circulating in many regions around the world and causing huge economic losses to the animal industries. Therefore, investigations on the identification, epidemiology, genetic evolution, and pathogenesis of animal coronaviruses are essential to prevent and control animal coronavirus diseases and eliminate the potential disease risks in humans.
For this Special Issue of Pathogens, we would like to invite you submit research or review articles that study topics including (but not limited to):
- Identification and isolation of animal coronaviruses;
- Spread or evolution of animal coronaviruses;
- Epidemiological investigation of animal coronaviruses;
- Investigations on the pathogenesis of animal coronaviruses;
- Prevention and control of animal coronaviruses.
Dr. Jingfei Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- livestock coronaviruses (PEDV, TGEV, bovine coronavirus (BCoVs), etc.)
- avian coronaviruses (IBV, etc.)
- pet coronaviruses (canine coronavirus (CCoV), feline coronavirus (FCoV), etc.)
- wildlife coronaviruses (bat coronaviruses, ferret coronavirus (FRCoV), etc.)
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