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RSV Epidemiological Surveillance: 2nd Edition

edited by Emanuele Castagno and Irene Raffaldi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13375 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); epidemiological surveillance; bronchiolitis; children; newborns; infants

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

Understanding the Oncogenesis of Human Herpesviruses through Their Critical Comparisons

edited by Ya-Fang Chiu and Bill Sugden

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10303 | Submission Open

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

HIV Reservoirs, Latency, and the Factors Responsible

edited by Yuyang Tang and

Mudit Tyagi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 29894 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV; HIV latency; HIV persistence; HIV eradication; HIV cure; HIV vaccine

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

Viral Infections and Immune Dysregulation 2024–2025

edited by

Ester Ballana Guix

and

Ifeanyi Jude Ezeonwumelu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25215 | Submission Open

Keywords: immune responses; immune dysregulation; autoimmunity; viral infections; immunomodulation

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

Controlling Zoonotic Viral Diseases from One Health Perspective 2025

edited by

Maureen T. Long

and Erika Schwarz-Collins

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 22306 | Submission Open

Keywords: one health; viral zoonoses; control; vaccine; surveillance; epidemiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Pathologies, Long COVID, and Anti-COVID Vaccines

edited by

Jean-Marc Sabatier

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21632 | Submission Open

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; long COVID; anti-COVID vaccines; spikeopathy; renin– angiotensin system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coronaviruses)

Microscopy Methods for Virus Research

edited by Krishanu Ray

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21476 | Submission Open

Keywords: viruses; fluorescence imaging; single-molecule imaging; super-resolution imaging; intra-vital imaging; electron microscopy; Cryo-EM; Cryo-ET

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

EBV and Disease: New Perspectives in the Post COVID-19 Era

edited by

Xiaoming Lyu

and Dengke Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21068 | Submission Open

Keywords: EBV; reactivation and immune dysregulation; EBV-associated malignancies; autoimmune diseases; diagnostic and therapeutic

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

Host Cell-Virus Interaction, 4th Edition

edited by

Parikshit Bagchi

and

Anupam Mukherjee

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17383 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus; viral proteins; virus entry; viral replication and pathogenesis; virus assembly and egress; intracellular trafficking of virus; host cell; cellular signaling; interferon pathway; inflammasome; viral immune evasion; immune response; cell death; apoptosis; autophagy; host-virus interaction; anti-viral strategies; direct acting antivirals; broad-spectrum antiviral agents; RNAi; microRNAs; neutralizing antibodies; molecular mechanisms of antivirals; molecular mechanisms of drug-resistance

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

Preparation for the Next Potential Pandemic—Chikungunya, Dengue, Zika and Other Viruses

edited by

Zoltan Vajo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17109 | Submission Open

Keywords: chikungunya; dengue; zika; next pandemic; epidemiology; pharmaceutics; immunology

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

Natural, Semisynthetic, and Synthetic Antiviral Drugs Targeting HIV and SARS-CoV-2

edited by

Otávio Augusto Chaves

and

Carlos Serpa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15041 | Submission Open

Keywords: antiviral design and discovery; natural product screening; natural products as a scaffold for semisynthetic antivirals; repurposing drugs; high-throughput screening; antiviral resistance; biophysical characterization of the interaction between antivirals and targets; combination of light and photosensitizers in antiviral discovery; cell-based and in vivo assays; in silico calculations

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

H5N1 Influenza Viruses

edited by

Daniel R. Perez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13525 | Submission Open

Keywords: H5N1; avian influenza; genetic diversity; immune response; vaccines and antiviral therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Molecular Biomarkers for Viral Infection

edited by

Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11257 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular biomarkers; viral infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Application of Genetically Engineered Plant Viruses

edited by

Tsung-Chi Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9945 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant virus; infectious clone; viral vector; virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS); virus-like particles (VLPs); cross-protection

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

Porcine Viruses 2025

edited by

Guoxin Li

Lingxue Yu

and

Jin Cui

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7436 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology; pathogenesis; immune evasion; virus evolution; vaccine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Interplay Between Influenza Virus and Host Factors

edited by

Matloob Husain

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7157 | Submission Open

Keywords: influenza virus; host factors; proviral host factors; antiviral host factors; host adaptation; virus entry; virus assembly; virus release; innate antiviral response; interferon-stimulated genes; post-translational protein modifications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus 2025

edited by

Masayuki Saijo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6839 | Submission Open

Keywords: SFTS; SFTSV; emerging viral infections

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

Emerging Microbes, Infections and Spillovers, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ravi Kant

Tarja Sironen

and

Maciej Grzybek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6378 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging infections; virus spillovers; microbes; cross-species transmission; virus evolution; viral disease; virus reservoirs; virus– host interaction; pathogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Viral Strategies and Cellular Countermeasures That Regulate mRNA Access to the Translation Apparatus: 2nd Edition

edited by

Christopher U. T. Hellen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5639 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus– host interactions; IRES elements; RNA structure; translation initiation; translational control; innate immune response; RNA modification

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Antiviral Development for Emerging and Re-Emerging Viruses

edited by

Ming-Hon Hou

and

Shih-Chao Lin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4272 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein– protein interaction; viral– host interaction; viral replication; antiviral; human viruses; emerging infections

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

Animal Virus Discovery and Genetic Diversity: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ryan Troyer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3974 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal virus; evolution; genetic; diversity; richness; emerging viruses; virome; metagenomics; ecology; cross-species transmission; zoonotic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Oncogenic Infections and Cancer: Clinical Insights and Emerging Therapeutics

edited by G. Hossein Ashrafi and Mustafa Ozdogan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3764 | Submission Open

Keywords: oncogenesis; viral oncology; bacterial oncogenesis; human papillomavirus (HPV); Epstein– Barr virus (EBV); Kaposi’ s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV); hepatitis B virus (HBV); hepatitis C virus (HCV); human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1); Helicobacter pylori; infection-driven cancers; molecular mechanisms; tumor microenvironment; immunotherapy; viral persistence; antiviral therapies; CRISPR-based treatments; cancer prevention; vaccine development; immune checkpoint inhibitors; diagnostic biomarkers; personalized medicine; translational oncology; therapeutic resistance; emerging therapeutics

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

Human Hepatitis Viruses and Their Animal Homologues

edited by

Bo Wang

and

Xinglou Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3063 | Submission Open

Keywords: hepatitis viruses; animal virome; genetic diversity; genomic organization; ecology and evolution; molecular biology; molecular epidemiology; zoonotic potential

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Virological and Immunological Factors Underlying HBV Functional Cure and HBV Reactivation

edited by

Valentina Svicher

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2832 | Submission Open

Keywords: HBV persistence; HBV functional cure; cccDNA; immunology of HBV; HBV reactivation; immune-escape mutations

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

Picornavirus Evolution, Host Adaptation and Antiviral Strategies

edited by

Leyi Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2702 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus evolution; new picornavirus; variant picornavirus; host adaptation; vaccine immunization; antiviral drugs

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

Zika Virus and Congenital Zika Syndrome, 2nd Edition

edited by Marcos Vinicius da Silva Pone and Sheila Moura Pone

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2592 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral infections; Zika virus; congenital Zika syndrome

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

Early Diagnosis and Surveillance of Transboundary and Emerging Viral Diseases of Animals, 2nd Edition

edited by

Aruna Ambagala

and

Kalhari Goonewardene

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2562 | Submission Open

Keywords: diagnostics; surveillance; transboundary; emerging; animal diseases; virus; detection; validation; novel; sample types; alternative

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Viral Immunology in Transplant Patients

edited by

Alessandro Perrella

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2212 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral infections; transplant patients; immunocompromised; immune response; host– pathogen interactions; immunotherapies; diagnostic approaches; preventive strategies

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

Harnessing AI and Machine Learning for Antiviral Development

edited by

X. Frank Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2202 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; antiviral therapies; personalized medicine; drug discovery; drug repurposing; drug resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Virology and Immunology of Gene Therapy 2026

edited by Weidong Xiao and

Jianming Qiu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2115 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene therapy; viral vector; vaccine; immune responses; viruses; AAV; lentiviral vectors; neutralizing antibody

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

Cyanophage and Algal Virus

edited by

Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1755 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyanophages; algal viruses; Algavirales; Phycodnaviridae; Marnaviridae; aquatic virus; algae bloom; viral diversity; viral ecology

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

Arboviruses and Climate, 2nd Edition

edited by José Lourenço and

Marta Giovanetti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1480 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbovirus; climate; climate change; arthropods; vectors; epidemiology; evolution; ecology; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Invertebrate Viruses)

Phage Display in Cancer Diagnosis and Screening

edited by

Valery A. Petrenko

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1144 | Submission Open

Keywords: phage display; cancer; diagnosis; screening; prognosis and monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Antigenic Drift in Respiratory Viruses

edited by

Gabriel Gonzalez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open

Keywords: respiratory viruses; virus diversity; viral recombination; reassortment; zoonotic viruses; wastewater pathogen surveillance; viral sequencing; virus evolutionary characterization; animal viruses

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

Spotlight on Bocavirus and Other Parvoviruses, and Overlooked Respiratory Viruses

edited by

Suncanica Ljubin‐Sternak

and

Tatjana Vilibic-Cavlek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1023 | Submission Open

Keywords: bocavirus; Parvovirus B19; canine parvovirus; porcine parvovirus; metapneumovirus; rhinovirus Planned Papers 1. Molecular detection of Porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) and Porcine parvovirus (PPV) in domestic pigs and wild boars from Croatia 2. Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1 outbreak in golden jackals in Croatia 3. Epidemiology of parvovirus B19 in Croatian childbearing-aged women: A ten-year seroprevalence study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Advancing Research of Anelloviruses, Second Edition

edited by

Fabrizio Maggi

and

Pietro Giorgio Spezia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open

Keywords: TTV; TTMV; TTMDV; virome; viral species; immune system; orphan virus

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

Tackling Viral Resistance—Advances in Mechanisms, Detection, and Control

edited by

Nuno Taveira

and Claudia Palladino

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral resistance; antiviral therapies; drug resistance mechanisms; epidemiology; diagnostic advancements; clinical management

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

Modeling Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Viruses in Evolving Ecological Systems

edited by

Salihu S. Musa

, Sani Isah Abba and Ismail Abdulrashid

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: zoonotic viruses; vector-borne diseases; climate change and disease dynamics; epidemiological modeling; outbreak forecasting and control; human behavior; virus– host– vector interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Experimental Animal and Organoid-Based Lethal Virus Infection Models for Human, Companion Animals and Livestock

edited by

Tomomi Takano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: organoid models; experimental animals; lethal virus infections; pathogenesis; vaccine development; therapeutic drugs; in vitro models; in vivo models; human viral infections; companion animal viral infections; livestock viral infections; viral infection models; ferret; hamster; transgenic mouse

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Virus Infection Fate Regulation

edited by Andreas Meyerhans and

Gennady Bocharov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus infection fate; dynamics; immune response; cellular response; regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Innovative Drug Discovery for Emerging Viral Diseases, 2nd Edition

edited by Chaoping Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: antivirals; drug discovery; high-throughput screen; SARS-CoV-2; influenza virus; RSV; zika; ebola virus; chikungunya virus; emerging/re-emerging RNA viral pathogens; host-directed therapies; immunomodulator

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Arboviral Diseases in Livestock

edited by

Estelle Venter

and

Antoinette Van Schalkwyk

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4707 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbovirus; epidemiology; diagnostics; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Progress and Prospects in Oncolytic Virotherapy 2025

edited by

Arianna Calistri

and

Sandra Tuyaerts

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open

Keywords: oncovirotherapy; chemotherapy; preclinical studies; clinical trials; combinatory strategy; safety profile; therapeutic efficacy; immunotherapy

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

Phage–Antibiotic Combination Therapy

edited by

Prasanth Manohar

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3057 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteriophage; antibiotics; phage therapy; phage– antibiotic synergy; combination therapy; in vitro study; sub-lethal dose; emerging alternative; bacteria-killing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Novel Strategies to Identify and Eliminate Latent HIV Cells

edited by

Francesco Andrea Procopio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 13851 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV; HIV-1 infection; antiretroviral therapy (ART); HIV single cell analysis; HIV reservoir; HIV cure

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

Phage Cocktails: Promising Approaches Against Infections

edited by Jin Woo Jun

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9489 | Submission Open

Keywords: phage cocktail; phage therapy; prophylaxis; infectious diseases; veterinary medicine; agriculture; food industry; zoonoses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Tick-Borne Viruses: Transmission and Surveillance, 2nd Edition

edited by

Anna Papa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8544 | Submission Open

Keywords: tick-borne viruses; transmissibility; vector competence; virulence; interactions; surveillance; discovery; replication; pathogenesis; vaccine development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Invertebrate Viruses)

Plant Virus Spillovers

edited by

Steve Wylie

and

Nuredin Habili

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7523 | Submission Open

Keywords: spillover; emergence; replication; wild-plant virus; transmission; virus-cell interaction; vector

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

Intra-Patient Viral Evolution and Diversity

edited by Adam A. Capoferri and

Mary Kearney

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6901 | Submission Open

Keywords: intra-patient viral evolution; drug resistance; immune escape; co-evolution; virus persistence; virus evolution

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

TMPRSS2 and Other Host Factors in Influenza Virus and Coronavirus Infections

edited by

Judy Wai Ping Yam

and Sze Keong Tey

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6675 | Submission Open

Keywords: TMPRSS2; host factors; influenza virus; coronavirus; viral infection; treatment of viral diseases

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

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