Animal Herpesvirus 2025

Dear Colleagues,

Herpesviruses are ubiquitous pathogens and excellent managers of the host immune response. They can successfully survive in the host, as in the case of alphaherpesviruses. Therefore, herpesviruses have, for many years, co-evolved with the host species. They might have originated from a common ancestor of mammals and birds, and learned to adapt to their respective hosts using various survival strategies over time. However, herpesviruses of different host species tend to exhibit an initial diversion or counteraction against the innate immune response and later evade the adaptive immune response of the host. Therefore, the pathogenesis of animal herpesviruses involves a delicate, yet dynamic, interplay between the host and the virus. Since herpesviruses comprise a virome and may remain in their respective animal hosts for life, they can also affect the host’s susceptibility to other infections and disease-producing agents.

This Special Issue welcomes the submission of original research papers and review articles that address the entire spectrum of herpesvirus–host interactions in different animal species, from the perspective of both the virus and host. We also welcome articles that present strategies for the future development of vaccines, consider the complexity of host-virus interactions, and evaluate the complications that result from dual infections, including herpesvirus-mediated disease complexes in different animal host species.

Prof. Dr. Shafiqul Chowdhury
Guest Editor

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. Viruses 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 2600 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.