Current Challenges in Veterinary Virology

Dear Colleagues,

Achievements and failures of the modern world like globalization, urbanization, climate change, and ecological disruption, together with the adaptable nature of viruses, pose new threats like the emergence and spread of new viruses or the re-emergence of already known pathogens. These phenomena are a great challenge to the modern veterinary virology. However, currently new technologies and concepts allow novel approaches in diagnostics and multifactorial analyses of pathogens' biology as well as give better insight in their interaction with the host. All these efforts lead to a better understanding of viral pathogenesis, providing the key knowledge for the development of  new prevention or treatment strategies.

This Special Issue is dedicated to recent research in the field of animal viruses. We cordially invite scientists to contribute their original studies, communications, or review articles focused on the following:

• Diagnostics;
• Pathogenesis;
• (Immuno)pathology;
• Epidemiology;
• Virus–host interactions;
• Omics and metabolomics aspects;
• Virus evolution;
• Prophylaxis and prevention strategies;
• Zoonotic potential.

Dr. Magdalena Materniak-Kornas
Dr. Marzena Rola-Łuszczak
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Woźniakowski
Guest Editors

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