Rodent-Borne Viruses 2025
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 2236
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hantavirus; rodent-borne diseases; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
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Interests: arenavirus; rodent-borne diseases; viral hemorrhagic fevers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rodents (order Rodentia) represent the most diverse and geographically widespread group of mammals, playing vital roles in the maintenance, evolution, and spread of many emerging viral infectious diseases. These animals are increasingly in contact with humans and domestic animals as a result of several factors, such as natural disasters, human interventions in natural environments, high population growth, and mass migrations, among others. Knowledge of the diversity and distribution of these mammals and the host–virus interactions is essential to understanding the ecology of zoonotic diseases and thereby preventing and controlling new outbreaks. A wide range of new rodent-associated viruses has been discovered in recent years, with or without zoonotic potential, including members of the Arenaviridae, Hantaviridae, and Poxviridae families.
This Special Issue aims to cover the whole spectrum of research focused on rodent-borne viruses, including eco-epidemiological studies; descriptions of new viruses; studies on virus–host interactions, co-infections, and involved viral and cellular factors; studies on the ecological processes involved in virus diversity and host adaptation; viral evolutionary aspects; and research on the spillover from infected rodent species to humans and animal models for studying rodent-borne viruses.
Dr. Renata Carvalho De Oliveira
Dr. Jorlan Fernandes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rodent-borne viruses
- hantaviridae
- arenaviridae
- poxviridae
- zoonosis
- virus ecology and evolution
- virus–host interaction
- virus discovery
- animal model
- rodents
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