The 6th Symposium of the Canadian Society for Virology 2026
A Special Issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915) belonging to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 95
Editors
Interests: adeno-associated virus (AAV); AAV-vectored immunoprophylaxis; lung gene therapy; Newcastle disease virus; viral-vectored vaccines
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is related to the conference "CSV26: 6th Symposium of the Canadian Society for Virology" which will be held in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, May 31–June 4, 2026.
CSV26 provides educational opportunities in the diverse areas of virology research that include animal and bacterial viruses and range between basic, translational and clinical sciences.
Symposium participants, as well as all researchers working in the field, are invited to contribute original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Viruses.
Dr. Sarah Wootton
Dr. Leonardo Susta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging viruses
- vaccines and antivirals
- virus–host interactions
- fundamental virology
- one health
- virus evolution
- putting viruses to work
- veterinary viruses
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