Viral Pathogens
A section of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Section Information
Viruses infect all life forms, from humans, animals, and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viral infections in humans can cause various outcomes, from mild to severe and lethal diseases, such as the common cold, flu, chickenpox, cold sores, rabies, Ebola, AIDS (HIV), avian flu, SARS, and certain cancers, as well as pandemics with significant death tolls on a global scale, such as the 1918 Spanish flu and COVID-19. Animals are often the natural reservoirs (hosts) or intermediate hosts for viruses that cross the species barriers to infect humans (viral zoonoses). Viral infections in animals such as livestock, companion animals, and fish can majorly impact animal and human health, economics, food safety, and ecology. Plant viruses, responsible for more than half of the emerging infectious diseases in plants, continuously threaten agricultural crops and cause significant economic losses in crop yields worldwide. Bacteriophages, a common and diverse group of viruses infecting bacteria, are the most abundant biological entity in aquatic environments and can be used to treat bacterial infections. The discovery and research of viral pathogens are essential for developing diagnostics, prevention, and treatment of various viral diseases.
The section “Viral Pathogens” welcomes contributions that include original research and review papers covering all aspects of viral pathogens and host–virus interactions.
Keywords
- viral biology (virology)
- viral diagnostics
- viral discovery
- viral evolution
- viral epidemiology
- viral infection models
- viral virulence
- viral pathogenesis
- viral oncogenesis
- viral transmission
- viral genomics/transcriptomics/proteomics/bioinformatics
- virus–host interactions
- Immune responses to viruses
- vaccines
- antivirals
- antiviral therapeutics
- emerging viruses
- oncogenic viruses
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Emerging Arboviruses: Epidemiology, Vector Dynamics, and Pathogenesis (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Advanced Research on Rabies: Infection, Immunity, Therapy and Drug Development (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Pathogenesis of Human Cytomegalovirus Infection (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Mosquito-Borne Viruses (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Herpesvirus Diseases in Humans and Animals (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Elimination Strategies for Viral Hepatitis in Latin America (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Virulence Mechanisms, Detection and Control of Aquatic Animal Viruses: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Impact of Viruses on Maternal and Fetal Outcome (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Current Research on Enterovirus Infection (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advances in HPV Diagnostic Testing—Improving Access and Accuracy (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Human Poliovirus (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Viral Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Advances in Plant Viruses (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Emergence and Control of African Swine Fever (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Swine Viral Diseases (Volume II) (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Herpesvirus Latency and Reactivation (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Herpesvirus Infections and Antiviral Drugs (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, and Control of Animal Influenza Viruses (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Antiviral and Virucidal Compounds: From Synthesis, to Screening, up to Identification (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Oncoviruses and Molecular Mechanisms of Viral Carcinogenesis (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Anti-HCV Antiviral Treatment (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Oncolytic Mechanisms of Viruses: Effect on Tumor Cells and Role of the Tumor Microenvironment (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Transcriptomic Changes in the Human Airway Epithelium during Respiratory Viral Infection (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Humans and Animals: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Understanding Human Cytomegalovirus Pathogenesis: Evidence from the Clinic and Laboratory Models (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Oncogenic Viruses (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advance in Influenza A and Influenza B Viruses (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Surveillance and Control Strategies to Fight Mosquito-Borne Diseases (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Oncogenic Viruses: Advances in Molecular Diagnosis, Prevention Strategies and Therapy (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Zoonotic Hepatitis E Virus: A Focus on Animals, Food and Environment (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Epidemiology and Clinical Management of Respiratory Viral Diseases, from Children to Adults (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Avian Virus Infection (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Virus–Host Cell Interactions and Research of New Antivirals (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Molecular Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Management of Viral Pathogens (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Pathogenesis of Viral Hepatitis (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Viral Infections and Their Effects on the Central Nervous System (CNS) (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: HIV and Viral Co-infections (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- New Directions in HTLV-1 Research (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Virus Structure and Assembly (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Updates on Animal Papillomaviruses (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Lipids and Lipoproteins in the Biology of Flaviviruses (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Host Interaction and Immune Modulation of RNA Viruses (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Plant RNA Viruses (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Molecular Epidemiology and Surveillance of Enteric Viruses (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- New Insights in Viral Diseases and Computational Biology (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Mechanisms of Infection in Zika Virus (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Pathogenesis of Neurological Disorders Associated with Coronavirus Infections and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Retroviruses: Molecular Biology, Immunology and Pathogenesis (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: