Special Issue "Host Diversity and Responses to Bat-Associated Viruses"

A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jonathan Epstein
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Guest Editor
Departments of Pathology, Urology and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
EcoHealth Alliance, 520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10018-6507, USA
Interests: Nipah virus; coronavirus; bats; ebola virus; One Health
Dr. Tony Schountz
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Guest Editor
Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Collins, CO, USA
Interests: rodent- and bat-borne viruses
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Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on host–virus relationships—specifically, issues of host-breadth or plasticity, pathogenicity, and transmissibility of bat-associated viruses. Examples could include co-evolution of virus and host receptors, host innate and adaptive immune responses to viral infection, viral incidence or prevalence studies, comparative experimental studies using animal models or cell lines, and potential for human–animal transmission, in either direction. This Special Issue will be limited to original research, literature reviews with novel insights, and hypothesis-based manuscripts.

Dr. Jonathan Epstein
Dr. Tony Schountz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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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Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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