Viral Infection and Immunity
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 938
Special Issue Editors
Interests: viral pathogenesis; host innate immunity; anti-viral therapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The challenge of certain virus-caused infectious diseases remains a public health threat to humans and their surrounding environments, including resistant viral infection (i.e., hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and human cytomegalovirus) and acute viral infection (i.e., influenza A virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus or -2, enterovirus, and Zika virus). For many viruses with the potential to cause outbreaks, there are no specific treatments, so it is urgent to know the mechanisms of virus–host interactions. Upon viral infection, pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) of host cells recognize pathogenic elements to initiate the signaling of innate immunity, which could be followed by regulatory adoptive immunity. The interaction between viral infection and host immunity usually encompasses the (1) antiviral response and (2) virus-caused imbalance of inflammation-associated cell death and tissue injury. The interplay of viral infection and immunity is of high concern, which provides the clue to uncovering viral pathogenesis, prevention, or/and broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutic strategies in these infectious diseases.
This Special Issue welcomes studies focusing on (1) the mechanisms of innate and adoptive immune responses, or related viral pathogenesis upon viral infection; (2) therapeutic strategies in antiviral agents targeting the inflammatory response; and (3) the development of the design and evaluation of vaccines against viral infections. We are looking forward to submissions of both original research and review articles that concern these themes.
Dr. Zhen Luo
Dr. Kuanhui Xiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- viral infection
- host immunity
- viral pathogenesis
- antiviral agents
- vaccine
