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Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Zoonoses

edited by

Lorena Jemeršić

and

Margarida Simões

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1604 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology of emerging and re-emerging viral zoonoses; zoonotic spillover; viral evolution; animal reservoirs; zoonotic transmission; animals as sentinels of viral zoonoses and risk analyses; diagnostic novelties and early detection of viral threats; viral genomics and molecular epidemiology; viral pathogenesis; viral adaptation mechanisms; wildlife– human interface; monkeypox virus (mpxv); influenza viruses; nipah virus; ebola/marburg virus; hantavirus; crimea-congo virus; vaccine development; therapeutic and mitigation strategies; climate change; biodiversity loss and infectious diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Biosecurity and Plant Viruses: A Call to Action for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Yi Xu

and

Patricia Valle Pinheiro

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1102 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosecurity; viral disease; sustainable agriculture; emerging plant viruses; quarantine regulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Animal Models in Emerging/Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

edited by Dong Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases; animal models; pathogen– host interactions; pathogenesis; interventions; drugs; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Molecular and Biological Virus-Plant-Insect Vector Interactions

edited by Yong Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 924 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant virus transmission; virus– plant interactions; virus– vector interactions; virus– vector– plant interactions; epidemiology of virus transmission; molecular mechanisms; viral manipulation; diagnostic techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

West Nile Virus 2025

edited by Orsolya Korbacska-Kutasi and Gábor Kemenesi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: West Nile virus; epidemiology; surveillance; biology; evolution; pathogenesis; vaccine development; antiviral therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV)

edited by

Remi N. Charrel

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: basic sciences; social sciences; epidemiology; climate studies; clinical studies; diagnostics; serology; molecular detection; entomology; antivirals; vaccines; infection control; nosocomial; transmission; pathogenesis; virulence; taxonomy; genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Canine Distemper Virus: 2nd Edition

edited by Monica G. Candela and

Nieves Ortega Hernández

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: CDV taxonomy (lineages); new hosts of CDV; CDV pathogenesis; CDV epidemiology (risk factors; distribution; and prevalence); CDV prevention/risk mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Phage and Quorum Sensing

edited by

Emmanouil Flemetakis

and

Dimitrios Skliros

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: quorum sensing; quorum quenching; phage– bacteria interaction; auto-induced peptides; phage therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Hepatitis Virus Genetic Heterogeneity: Impact in Epidemiology and Clinical Pathology

edited by

Livia Melo Villar

Lucas Lima da Silva

and Diego Flichman

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral hepatitis; molecular diagnostics; genotyping; molecular epidemiology; antiviral therapy; drug resistance; genomic surveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

EBV Infection and EBV-Associated Lymphomas in Children

edited by Paola A. Chabay

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: EBV infection; Epstein– Barr virus (EBV); latent infection; malignancies; infectious mononucleosis; children; pathogenesis; primary infection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Flow Virometry: A New Tool for Studying Viruses: 2nd Edition

edited by John Yin

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: flow virometry; virus particle detection; virus counting; virus labeling/staining; virus-like particles; scanning ion occlusion sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Oropouche Virus (OROV): An Emerging Peribunyavirus (Bunyavirus)

edited by

David A. Schwartz

and

André Ricardo Ribas Freitas

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18455 | Submission Open

Keywords: oropouche fever; oropouche virus; bunyavirus; epidemic; travel infection; pregnancy complications; stillbirth; microcephaly; brazil; Latin America; emerging virus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Humoral Immune Response to Viruses

edited by Haiyan Zhao

submission deadline 6 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: broadly neutralizing antibodies; protective antibodies; non-protective antibodies; epitopes; epitope-based vaccine design; B cell development; B cell repertoire; immune memory; vaccine development; plasma cells; antibody-based therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Discovery, Classification, and Early Research on the Lipid-Containing, Double-Stranded RNA Bacteriophage φ6

edited by

Paul Gottlieb

and Aleksandra Alimova

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21721 | Submission Open

Keywords: procapsid; nucleocapsid; polymerase complex; assembly; replication; recombination; packaging10

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Emerging and Re-Emerging Neuroinvasive Arboviruses

edited by

Rafael Freitas de Oliveira França

Rodrigo Stabeli

and Mylena R. Pereira

submission deadline 16 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbovirus; innate immune response; adaptive immune response; epidemiology; diagnosis; prevention; vaccine; animal model; pathogenesis; viral evolution; in vitro; in vivo

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Zoonotic Viral Diseases: Drivers, Causes, Prevention and Cure, 2nd Edition

edited by

Claude Saegerman

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4838 | Submission Open

Keywords: zoonotic viral diseases; drivers of emergence; disease mechanism and pathogenesis in reservoir host and end host; prevention mitigation measures; treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Immune Responses to Papillomavirus Infections: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jiafen Hu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2838 | Submission Open

Keywords: papillomavirus; HPV; immune responses; infections; models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Viral Infection and Platelets’ Disorders

edited by

Pierpaolo Di Micco

Alessandro Perrella

and

Giuseppe Camporese

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral infections; thrombosis; thrombotic microangiopathies; disseminated intravascular coagulation; low molecular weight heparin; bleedings; acute infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

High Consequence Viral Transmission

edited by

Olivier Escaffre

submission deadline 17 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-consequence viruses; zoonotic viruses; spillover events; natural reservoirs; wildlife vectors; pandemic; outbreaks; airborne transmission; droplet transmission; sexual transmission; high fatality rates; Filoviridae; Orthoebolavirus; Orthomarbugvirus; Paramyxoviridae; Orthoparamyxovirinae; Arenaviridae; Mammarenavirus; Peribunyaviridae; Orthobunyavirus; Nairoviridae; Orthonairovirus; Hantaviridae; Orthohantavirus; Coronaviridae; Betacoronavirus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Human Adenovirus (HAdV) Infection in Children

edited by Adriana Kajon and

Glen R. Nemerow

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology; pediatric; transplant recipients; antivirals; outbreak; acute respiratory illness; gastroenteritis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Interaction Between Influenza Virus and Host Cell

edited by

Flora De Conto

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: influenza virus; virus-– host interaction; restriction factor; host species barrier; pandemic; pathogenicity; zoonosis; cell culture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

HIV in the Context of Chronic Disorders and Aging

edited by

Maria Mazzitelli

Andrea De Vito

and Mattia Trunfio

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Phage Evolution: Taxonomy, Origins, and Diversity

edited by

Peter Evseev

and

Dann Turner

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: phage taxonomy and phylogeny; origins and evolution of phage genes and genomes; phage-host coevolution; phage diversity and ecology; artificial evolution of phages; computational and bioinformatic approaches to phage evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Viroinformatics and Viral Diseases

edited by

Hernan Garcia-Ruiz

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral genomics; virus variation; genome-wide variation; gene silencing; antiviral defense; virus replication; host factors; high-throughput sequencing; small RNA sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Structural and Mechanistic Advances in Retroviral Biology

edited by Yong Xiong,

Swapnil Chandrakant Devarkar

and

Luiza Mendonca

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: retroviruses; capsid structure and assembly; host-viral interactions; in situ cryo EM; reverse transcription; integration; genome packaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Phages in the Battle Against Antimicrobial Resistance

edited by

Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR); non-antibiotic strategies; phage therapy; phage characteristics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Viruses 2026—New Horizons in Virology

edited by

Eric O. Freed

and

Albert Bosch

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus; replication; assembly; pathogenesis; outbreak; molecular biology; cell biology; public health; structural biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Seed-Borne and Seed-Transmitted Virus

edited by Qinsheng Gu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed-borne virus; seed-transmitted virus; management; detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

CRISPR Applications in Plant Virology

edited by

Jian Wu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: CRISPR/Cas9; plant virology; virus resistance; genome editing; plant breeding; viral evolution; CRISPR applications; host– virus interactions; crop protection; genome modification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

The Entry and Fusion of Enveloped Virus

edited by

Tsutomu Murakami

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: enveloped virus; entry; attachment; virus binding; membrane fusion; internalization; endocytosis; uncoating; intracellular trafficking; nuclear import; receptor; carbohydrates; antiviral; neutralizing antibody; vaccine

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Advances in Endemic and Emerging Viral Diseases in Livestock: 2nd Edition

edited by

Fernando Vicosa Bauermann

and

Mayara Maggioli

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: veterinary virology; livestock; ruminants; swine; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Viral Surveillance, Transmission, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine Development in Domestic Animals and Wildlife

edited by

Jieshi Yu

Feng Li

and Wen-Kang Wei

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal viruses; influenza viruses; coronaviruses; rotaviruses; transmission; epidemiology; surveillance; pathogenesis; one health; vaccine; domestic animals; wildlife; emerging viruses; re-emerging viruses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Respiratory Viral Pathogenesis and Host-Microbe Crosstalk: From Bench to Bedside

edited by Shenghai Huang and

Theo J. Moraes

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory viruses; pathogenesis; host– microbe crosstalk; etiological diagnosis; prevention and treatment; RSV; influenza; coronavirus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Molecular and Cellular Biology of Human Oncogenic Viruses: 2nd Edition

edited by

Roberta Gonnella

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: oncoviruses; antiviral drugs; viral oncogenesis; viral infection; oncogenic pathways; epigenetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Advances in Alphavirus and Flavivirus Research, 3rd Edition

edited by

Young Chan Kim

and

Arturo Reyes-Sandoval

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbovirus; alphavirus; flavivirus; Chikungunya; Mayaro; Zika; dengue; diagnostics; surveillance; vaccine; antivirals; animal models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Current Trends in Arbovirus Outbreaks and Research

edited by

André Ricardo Ribas Freitas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: arboviral infections; Dengue; Chikungunya; Zika; Oropouche; West Nile; Usutu; Tick borne encephalitis; Toscana; Sandfly Fever Sicilian; Flaviviridae; Bunyavirales; Togaviridae; viral evolution; vector ecology; climate change; emerging arboviruses; surveillance; public health preparedness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Nanotechnology-Driven Strategy Against Viral Infections

edited by

Eduardo Ricci-Júnior

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocarriers; antivirals; drug delivery; nanoparticles; liposomes; dendrimers; vaccines; SiRNA; photodynamic therapy; immunomodulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Molecular Insights into HIV-1 Infection

edited by

Satya Prakash Singh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV-1 replication; host factors; nuclear translocation and integration; HIV-1 latency and immune response; anti-HIV-1 strategies; techniques in HIV research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Viral Pneumonia: Recent Advances and Prospects

edited by

Gan Zhao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral pneumonia; viral lung infections; respiratory viruses; influenza viruses; respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); coronaviruses (such as SARS-CoV-2); viral persistence; molecular mechanisms; host immune responses; innate and adaptive immunity; immune– metabolic interactions; alveolar regeneration; dysregulated inflammation; epithelial and endothelial repair mechanisms; single-cell omics; organoid models; spatial profiling

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

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