Viral Pathogenesis and Novel Vaccines for Fish Viruses
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2025) | Viewed by 1776
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many RNA viruses significantly impact the aquaculture industry, including infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV), infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV), infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV), salmonid alphavirus (SAV), piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), nervous necrosis virus (NNV), Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) and piscine myocarditis virus (PCMV). These viruses primarily affecting fish populations cause significant mortality rates and economic losses in aquaculture operations.
This Special Issue aims to cover the aspects of viral pathogenesis and virulence of these RNA viruses that constitute strategic targets for the development of novel vaccines. We accept original research and review articles about viral pathogenesis, molecular determinants of virulence, and the new generation of vaccines that include recombinant protein-based, nucleic acid-based, recombinant attenuated or virus vector-based (using reverse genetics) and nanoparticle-based oral vaccines against these RNA viruses.
Dr. Vikram Vakharia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fish
- RNA viruses
- viral pathogenesis
- virulence
- reverse genetics
- recombinant vaccines
- oral vaccines
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