Editorial Board
- Animal Viruses Section
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Section
- Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals Section
- Human Virology and Viral Diseases Section
- Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa Section
- Insect Viruses Section
- Bacterial Viruses Section
- Prions Section
- General Virology Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members (311)

Interests: HIV dynamics and replication
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Interests: arthropod-borne viruses; vector-borne and zoonotic viral diseases; viruses of medical importance; diagnostics; epidemiology; virus discovery; taxonomy
* Section 'Human Virology and Viral Diseases'
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Interests: molecular, cell biology and pathogenesis of mammarenaviruses; virus-host cell interactions; antivirals; live attenuated vaccines
* Section 'Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals'
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Interests: nucleic acid vaccines; viral immunity
* Section 'Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals'
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Interests: HIV; retroviruses; virus restriction; virus-host interactions; antiviral drug development; antiviral screening; innate immunity
* Section 'Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals'
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2. Chief, Gastroenterology, Medicine Service, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Interests: hepatitis C virus; HCV antivirals, antivirals targeting IRES elements, viral-host interactions, analysis of Pol II RNAs
* Section 'Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals'

Interests: HIV; coronaviruses; viral fusion; viral entry; vaccine development
* Section 'SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19'

2. Professor, Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, 1900 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Interests: viral membrane fusion and entry; cellular restriction factors against viral infection; retroviral oncogenesis; viral envelope glycoproteins; lentiviral vectors and gene therapy
* Section 'Animal Viruses'
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2. Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
Interests: virology; vaccines; antivirals; influenza viruses; arenaviruses; Zika virus; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; interferon; virus-host interactions
* Section 'Animal Viruses'
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Interests: virology; virus-host interactions; viral entry; antivirals; herpesviruses; endocytosis; membrane fusion; viral glycoproteins
* Section 'Human Virology and Viral Diseases'
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Interests: assembly of enveloped viruses including retroviruses; lipid membrane-protein interactions; RNA-protein interactions; cell contact-mediated virus spread; virion incorporation of host proteins
* Section 'Animal Viruses'
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Interests: peste des petits ruminants virus; PPRV; FMDV; vaccines; pathogenesis of PPRV
* Section 'Animal Viruses'
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Interests: insect viruses, mainly baculoviruses; virus-host interactions and virus replication; mechanisms of arbovirus and baculovirus pathogenesis and dissemination
* Section 'Insect Viruses'

Interests: coronaviruses; filoviruses; influenza viruses; virus-host cell interactions; entry; interferon response
* Section 'Human Virology and Viral Diseases'

Interests: phage-host interactions; yersinia virulence; bacteriophage therapy
* Section 'Bacterial Viruses'
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Interests: virology; microbiology; antiviral drugs; drug development; endogenous retroviruses; innate immunity
* Section: Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals
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Interests: plant viruses; RNA viruses; viral replication; RNA structure; protein translation; viral transcription; RNA-protein interactions; RNA-RNA interactions
* Section 'Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa'
Interests: varicella zoster virus; herpes virus; immune responses; immune evasion

Interests: molecular mechanisms of host-virus interactions; viral proteomics; animal coronaviruses; porcine viruses; mink viruses; influenza virus; polyomaviruses; antivirals and vaccines
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Interests: plant virology; geminivirus; plant–virus interactions; plant virus evolution; diagnostic methods
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Interests: entry; egress; interactions of enveloped viruses with host cells; emerging zoonotic paramyxoviruses; vaccines; antiviral strategies
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Interests: HIV; hydroxytyrosol
Interests: virus/host interactions and pathogenesis; anti-viral immune responses; innate immunity; targets for vaccines and antivirals design; nanoparticles; animal viruses; African swine fever virus
Interests: signal transduction; pathogen recognition and immune evasion mechanisms; biochemical and structural studies

Interests: phage biology; taxonomy and applications to enhance food safety

Interests: herpesviruses; poxviruses; DNA tumor viruses; antiviral agents; drug-resistance; 3D culture models
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Interests: SIV; pathogenesis
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Interests: virus evolution; macrophages; HIV pathogenesis; antivirals; HIV chemotherapy; neuroAIDS; mechanisms of virus entry; chemokines and chemokine receptors; role of astrocytes and neurones in HIV infection
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Interests: insect viruses and other invertebrate viruses; virus diversity; genomics; transcriptomics and molecular biology of insect viruses; covert infection and virus-host interactions; insect viruses as tools for heterologous gene expression and biological control
Interests: virus-host cell interactions: implications for tropism, treatment, and targeting
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