Circoviruses in Domestic and Wild Animals
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 741
Special Issue Editors
Interests: etiology; diagnosis; vaccine development of swine emerging; re-emerging infectious diseases
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Interests: innate immune response; host antiviral immunity; mechanisms of viral immune evasion; host-virus interaction; DNA virus infection; novel animal vaccines; antiviral drugs
Interests: etiology; diagnosis; vaccine development of swine emerging; re-emerging infectious diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Circoviruses are important pathogens that infect a wide range of domestic and wild animals. In swine populations, Porcine Circovirus (PCV) infection can lead to various diseases such as Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS), enteritis, and Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome (PDNS), collectively referred to as Porcine Circovirus Disease (PCVD). These diseases cause annual economic losses amounting to tens of billions of dollars to the global swine industry. Among them, PCV2 has been the most extensively studied, and commercial vaccines are available. The recently discovered PCV3 and PCV4 often co-infect with PCV2, exacerbating disease complexity. Furthermore, circoviruses also infect other animals (such as dogs, poultry, etc.), posing ongoing threats to animal health and the farming industry.
To comprehensively advance research in this field, this Special Issue aims to collect the latest scientific progress on circoviruses in domestic and wild animals. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Diagnosis, surveillance, and molecular epidemiology of emerging and known circoviruses;
- Research on vaccines and immunization strategies against circoviruses;
- In-depth studies on the etiology and pathogenesis of circoviruses;
- Host immune responses, defense mechanisms, and related biomarkers;
- Cross-species transmission and ecological studies;
- Discovery and characterization of circoviruses in wild animals.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and methodological papers to promote a multifaceted understanding of circoviruses and their effective prevention and control.
Dr. Jun Li
Prof. Dr. Yingli Shang
Dr. Chen Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circoviruses
- porcine circovirus
- diagnosis
- epidemiology
- vaccines
- pathogenesis
- host immunity
- wildlife virology
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