Virology in Italy 2025—9th National Congress of the Italian Society for Virology

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is dedicated to the 9th National Congress of the Italian Society for Virology (SIV-ISV (https://siv-isv.org), which will be held in Turin, Italy, on June 22-24, 2025, and more generally to the research activities in the field of virology that are currently carried out in Italy.

The Special Issue will provide an important opportunity for Italian virologists across different disciplines (basic, clinical, epidemiological, veterinary, plant, etc.) to publish their research work in an internationally recognized scientific journal from a “One Health” perspective. Manuscripts will encompass a wide variety of virus-related topics, including emerging viruses, viral subversion of host cell processes, viruses of microbes, antivirals and vaccines, emerging methods in virology, RNA in virus infections, plant and animal virology, and antiviral innate immunity.

SIV-ISV Congress participants, as well as all other Italian virologists, are invited to contribute original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Viruses.

Prof. Dr. Enzo Tramontano
Prof. Dr. Arnaldo Caruso
Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Galdiero
Dr. Luisa Rubino
Dr. Gabriele Vaccari
Guest Editors

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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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.