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The Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Epidemiology of Other Human Viral Infections

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 January 2025 | Viewed by 1104

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mateusz Babicki

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Department of Family Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-141 Wroclaw, Poland
Interests: vaccines; COVID-19; influezna; epidemiology; viral diseases; primary care; travel medicine
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Dr. Piotr Rzymski

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Department of Environmental Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Interests: viral diseases; vaccines; COVID-19; hepatitis; epidemiology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has rearranged the functioning of healthcare systems, including access to diagnostics, and has also been tackled with multi-layered public health measures such as social distancing and travel restrictions. Both of these could significantly impact the epidemiological patterns of various viral diseases, resulting in decreased transmission but also underdiagnosis. Further, the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 could reshape the seasonality of other respiratory viruses. This calls for in-depth studies exploring true factors through which the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 could impact other viral infections, including respiratory (e.g., influenza, and RSV), hepatic (e.g., hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viruses), gastrointestinal (e.g., rotavirus and norovirus), arthropod-borne (e.g., dengue and Zika viruses), and sexually transmitted (e.g., HIV and HPV) ones. Such research is also pivotal to understanding future epidemiological trajectories and introducing appropriate mitigation measures.

With this in mind, we cordially invite you to contribute to our Special Issue. We are inviting submissions of original research articles, reviews, letters, and commentaries from academia, research institutes, not-for-profit organizations, or industries working on identifying all viral diseases and better understanding their epidemiology.

Dr. Mateusz Babicki
Dr. Piotr Rzymski
Guest Editors

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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.

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Keywords

  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • respiratory viral infections
  • arboviruses
  • hepatitis
  • HIV/AIDS
  • HPV
  • dengue
  • viral gastroenteritis
  • public health
  • epidemiology

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Genetic Diversity and Detection of Respiratory Viruses Excluding SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Gabon, 2020–2021
by Georgelin Nguema Ondo, Yuri Ushijima, Haruka Abe, Saïdou Mahmoudou, Rodrigue Bikangui, Anne Marie Nkoma, Marien Juliet Veraldy Magossou Mbadinga, Ayong More, Maradona Daouda Agbanrin, Christelle M. Pemba, Romuald Beh Mba, Adegnika Ayola Akim, Bertrand Lell and Jiro Yasuda
Viruses 2024, 16(5), 698; https://doi.org/10.3390/v16050698 (registering DOI) - 28 Apr 2024
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Acute respiratory infections are a major global burden in resource-limited countries, including countries in Africa. Although COVID-19 has been well studied since the pandemic emerged in Gabon, Central Africa, less attention has been paid to other respiratory viral diseases, and very little data [...] Read more.
Acute respiratory infections are a major global burden in resource-limited countries, including countries in Africa. Although COVID-19 has been well studied since the pandemic emerged in Gabon, Central Africa, less attention has been paid to other respiratory viral diseases, and very little data are available. Herein, we provide the first data on the genetic diversity and detection of 18 major respiratory viruses in Gabon during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of 582 nasopharyngeal swab specimens collected from March 2020 to July 2021, which were SARS-CoV-2 negative, 156 were positive (26%) for the following viruses: enterovirus (20.3%), human rhinovirus (HRV) (4.6%), human coronavirus OC43 (1.2%), human adenovirus (0.9%), human metapneumovirus (hMPV) (0.5%), influenza A virus (IAV) (0.3%), and human parainfluenza viruses (0.5%). To determine the genetic diversity and transmission route of the viruses, phylogenetic analyses were performed using genome sequences of the detected viruses. The IAV strain detected in this study was genetically similar to strains isolated in the USA, whereas the hMPV strain belonging to the A2b subtype formed a cluster with Kenyan strains. This study provides the first complete genomic sequences of HRV, IAV, and hMPV detected in Gabon, and provides insight into the circulation of respiratory viruses in the country. Full article
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Trends of Hepatitis A Virus Infection in Poland: Assessing the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and War in Ukraine
by Piotr Rzymski, Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk, Agnieszka Genowska, Piotr Tyszko, Birute Strukcinskiene and Robert Flisiak
Viruses 2024, 16(3), 469; https://doi.org/10.3390/v16030469 - 20 Mar 2024
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Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis, which is preventable by vaccination. This study analyzed trends of HAV infections in Poland according to socio-demographic features in the years 2009–2022 and assessed the potential impact of the COVID-19 [...] Read more.
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis, which is preventable by vaccination. This study analyzed trends of HAV infections in Poland according to socio-demographic features in the years 2009–2022 and assessed the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023) and the migration of war refugees from Ukraine (since February 2022). In 2009–2022, 7115 new cases of HAV infection were diagnosed in Poland, especially among men (66.4%) and in urban areas (77.4%). Infections among men were most common at the age of 25–34 (median rate 0.43 per 105) and in women aged 15–24 (median rate 0.39 per 105). Analysis of the 14-year frequency of HAV infections exhibited three trends, regardless of gender, age, and residence. The infections revealed a downward trend in 2009–2014, increased significantly in 2014–2018, and decreased again after 2018. A particularly rapid increase in HAV infections occurred between March 2017 and February 2018 (median rate 0.79 per 105). The high level of new infections persisted until the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, at which point it dropped significantly but did not reach the level recorded before March 2017. During the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 dominance period, the median rate of HAV infections was 0.053 per 105, with a four-fold increase being observed from February 2022 (when the migration of war refugees from Ukraine began) to August 2022. The presented results can serve as a reference point for further observations in Central Europe. The HAV epidemiological situation is unlikely to escalate in Poland but requires further monitoring. Full article
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