An Update on Enterovirus Research, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Virology and Viral Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1566
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Interests: pathology; biomarkers; diagnosis; novel technologies
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Dear Colleagues,
Enteroviruses belong to the family Picornaviridae and consist of 15 species, among which enteroviruses A through D cause infections in humans. Human enteroviruses are responsible for a broad array of diseases ranging from mild respiratory illness and hand, foot, and mouth disease to aseptic meningitis and acute flaccid paralysis. Most school-aged children have serologic evidence of prior infection. Human enteroviruses spread via the fecal–oral and respiratory routes and cause GI or respiratory illness. Viral invasion into the central nervous system, especially in neonates, can cause meningitis, encephalitis, seizures, brain imaging abnormalities, and long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae.
Despite the significant global burden of enterovirus infections, there are no approved antiviral agents available for the therapy of enterovirus infections. There are a variety of challenges in the implementation, utilization, and interpretation of novel diagnostic assays for the detection of enteroviral infections in a clinical setting. There are also multiple knowledge gaps in the field of enterovirus research, such as enterovirus life cycle, viral evolution, and virus–host interactions. Considering the clinical significance and global impact of enterovirus infections, efforts to push enterovirus research forward are urgently needed, and this field is attracting increasing attention worldwide. This Special Issue of Viruses aims to highlight the recent progress in research on enteroviruses.
Dr. Benjamin M. Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antivirals
- enteroviruses
- picornavirus
- diagnostics
- emerging and re-emerging diseases
- viral proteins
- virus replication
- viral targets
- virus–host interactions
- vaccine development
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