Advances in Emerging Hemorrhagic Fevers

Dear colleagues,

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are severe life-threatening infections in humans and animals. VHFs include zoonotic diseases, such as Yellow fever, Ebola, Lassa fever, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, and Rift Valley fever, which are transmitted between humans and livestock through various vectors, and animal diseases, such as African and classical swine fevers, rabbit hemorrhagic disease, epizootic hemorrhagic disease, and bluetongue in ruminants. They affect many organs, damage the blood vessels, and affect the body's ability to regulate itself. Some viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) cause mild disease, but some, such as Ebola, Marburg, African swine fever, and rabbit hemorrhagic disease, cause severe disease and death. Zoonotic HFs continue to emerge and reemerge through zoonotic spillover events, resulting in high morbidity, mortality, and community dislocation. Globalization, along with international trade, travel, and climate change exacerbate the apparently increasing frequency of VHFs. Currently there are no cures for most VHFs, so ongoing research into VHFs is important for human and animal health.

This topic aims to shed light on recent developments related to viral hemorrhagic fevers in both humans and animals.

The Special Issue will address the following topics:

• Epidemiology of VHFs, including surveillance and risk assessment;
• Diagnostic methods of VHFs;
• New treatments for VHFs;
• Alleviation and prevention of VHFs, including vaccines and other medical countermeasures.

Both original research and review articles are welcomed.

Dr. Aruna Ambagala
Guest Editor

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• emerging viral hemorrhagic fevers
• humans
• animals
• zoonoses
• fever