Leveraging Technological Advancement for Pandemic Preparedness
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 1039
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Interests: virology; respiratory diseases; infectious diseases
Interests: emerging and re-emerging viruses; epidemiology surveillance; antiviral mechanism; viral pathogenesis
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Interests: host-virus interactions; functional genomics
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Interests: ARS-CoV-2; virus-host interaction; viruses; coronaviruses; orthoreoviruses
Interests: broadly protective vaccines; therapeutics against infectious human and animal viral diseases; molecular pathogenesis of emerging and zoonotic infectious viruses including influenza A viruses
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Interests: RNA viruses; viral-host dynamics; antiviral drug
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic has again emphasized the importance of research on viral infectious diseases for an effective pandemic preparedness strategy to minimize the impact of viral disease outbreaks. As a global effort to improve our ability to manage such events, we invite you to submit to this Special Issue on “Leveraging technological advancement for pandemic preparedness”. The Special Issue will focus on papers incorporating technological innovations into managing medically important viral infectious diseases. Many recent technologies have been incorporated into the research of managing the pandemic. Innovations in artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, automation, genetic engineering, and biotechnology have been applied to rapidly understand the pathogenesis, therapeutics, surveillance, and other aspects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which includes the rapid development of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine using the RNA vaccine technology. Applying such innovations to other viral infectious diseases is vital in enhancing pandemic preparedness levels internationally to manage future outbreaks of known and unknown viruses. Papers describing any incorporation of technological innovation leading to understanding, including, but not limited to, viral pathogenesis, vaccination, treatment, and public health surveillance, are welcome.
Dr. Kai Sen Tan
Dr. Chee Keng MOK
Dr. Yaw Shin Ooi
Dr. Chee Wah Tan
Dr. Mookkan Prabakaran
Dr. Dahai Luo
Dr. Poying Chia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pandemic preparedness
- disease X
- technological platforms
- treatment and prevention
- viral infectious diseases
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