Animal Coronaviruses: Infection, Prevention, and Antivirals

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, various antiviral drugs and vaccines have been developed to combat COVID-19. Some of them have shown significant efficacy. However, given the concern about new coronavirus outbreaks in the future, more efficient antiviral drugs and vaccines are still desired.

Our understanding of coronavirus infections in animals will have good suggestions for the development of universal antiviral drugs and vaccines against all SARS-CoV-2 variants. This will also lead to strategies to combat emerging coronavirus infections in humans.

In this Special Issue, we call for a broad range of research on the pathogenesis, prevention, and antivirals of coronavirus infections in animals. We welcome research submissions on basic analyses of coronaviruses in animals (e.g., mechanisms of viral infection, infectious immunity, etc.). We also look forward to receiving contributions on studies using animal models of human coronavirus infections.

Prof. Dr. Tomomi Takano
Guest Editor

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