Innate Immune Responses to Poultry Virus Infection
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 779
Special Issue Editors
Interests: interaction between waterfowl viruses and host innate immunity
Interests: the interaction of influenza virus and host factors (e.g. host innate immunity)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Poultry are important food-producing animals; Peking roast duck, for example, is well known all over the world. At present, more than 70% of the total ducks produced in the world are raised in China. Due to the outbreak of African swine fever, the large-scale development of the duck industry has accelerated in recent years, and the poultry industry has thus become an important component of animal husbandry economy. However, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in poultry have constantly appeared with the increased farming scale, e.g., avian influenza virus, fowl adenovirus, tembusu virus, novel duck reovirus, parvovirus, novel goose astrovirus, etc., which not only seriously endanger the sustainable healthy development of the poultry industry, but also pose a great threat to public health.
The study of poultry’s innate immunity started later than that of mammals, but great achievements have been made recently, playing essential roles in the defense against invading pathogens. Unfortunately, there are relatively few in-depth studies on the interaction between host innate immunity and poultry viruses on the whole, which hinders the further understanding of the pathogenesis of poultry viruses.
This Special Issue focuses on innate immune responses to poultry virus infections, including the interaction between poultry viruses and host innate immunity. We would like to invite you to contribute scientific articles, including original research papers, reviews and short notes, to our Special Issue. We hope this Special Issue will be helpful in achieving a deeper understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of waterfowl viruses, and provide scientific basis for the study and development of efficient vaccines and targeted antiviral drugs.
Dr. Ning Li
Dr. Guangwen Wang
Dr. Liangmeng Wei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waterfowl viruses
- innate immunity
- host factors
- interaction
- pathogenic mechanisms
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