Insights into Feline Viruses: Molecular, Structural, Pathogenic, and Clinical Aspects
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 1231
Editor
Interests: emerging viruses; feline viruses; viral zoonoses; molecular epidemiology; genomics; One Health
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Dear Colleagues,
Feline viruses are responsible for a wide spectrum of diseases, ranging from mild infections to severe, often fatal conditions. Recent advances in molecular diagnostics, metagenomics, and structural biology have significantly enhanced our understanding of viral diversity, evolution, and host–pathogen interactions in cats. Nevertheless, many aspects of feline viral infections, including mechanisms of virulence, immune evasion, and interspecies transmission, have yet to be fully elucidated. Intensifying the One Health perspective, efforts in the study of feline viral pathogens improve and ensure not just the health and welfare of cats but also that of susceptible endangered wild felids, also providing insights into human diseases.
The Special Issue, “Insights into Feline Viruses: Molecular, Structural, Pathogenic, and Clinical Aspects,” aims to collect original research papers, communications, case reports, and review articles addressing the identification and characterization of novel pathogens, molecular and structural insights into viral replication, pathogenesis, and clinical features, including novel and/or updated diagnostic developments and innovative therapeutic or control strategies for feline viruses.
We aim for this Special Issue to stimulate further research and collaboration in the field of feline virology within a One Health framework.
Prof. Dr. Barbara Di Martino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cats
- feline viruses
- emerging viruses
- molecular virology
- pathogenesis
- clinical virology
- molecular and serological diagnostics
- metagenomics
- therapeutic and control strategies
- One Health
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