Porcine Deltacoronavirus (PDCoV)
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 392
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), belongs to the genus Deltacoronavirus within the family Coronaviridae. It is an emerging swine enteric virus that causes diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, and death in nursing piglets. In recent years, it spread quickly through spread rapidly across the world, incurring enormous economic losses to the pork industry. Therefore, studies focusing on PDCoV is urgent.
This Special Issue will focus on the epidemiological study of PDCoV, pathogenesis and immune escape mechanisms of the virus, and the development of new vaccine in addition to other related disease prevention and control issues. We welcome you to provide relevant research articles, comments, and original research.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Zhiwen Xu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- viral replication
- virus–host interaction
- pathogenesis and immunity
- epidemiology
- vaccine
