Emerging Influenza Viruses and Anti-influenza Vaccines

Dear Colleagues,

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease that affects various livestock, domestic, and wild animals. Outbreaks of avian influenza occur regularly on poultry farms around the world. The only way to contain the epidemic is to slaughter the entire poultry population that has come into contact with infected animals, resulting in severe economic losses. On the other hand, the greatest danger is that animal influenza viruses will be transmitted to humans. In this case, the appearance of a disease with unpredictable symptoms is possible.

It should be noted that the recent pandemic caused by another disease of zoonotic origin that started to spread from human to human—COVID-19—has clearly shown the need to find new ways to develop effective vaccines. As a result, new approaches to vaccine production have been actively developed. At the same time, it is generally accepted that influenza viruses pose a pandemic threat, which requires the development of effective ways to prevent infection.

This Special Issue will bring together original research papers or reviews dealing with research into emerging influenza viruses and new approaches to influenza prevention.

Dr. Pavel Volchkov
Dr. Irina Isakova-Sivak
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Vaccines is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.