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:
- Epidemiology and Clinical Management of Respiratory Viral Diseases, from Children to Adults (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Molecular Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Management of Viral Pathogens (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Current Advances in Flavivirus and Other Arboviruses (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Immunology and Virology of Epstein–Barr Virus Infection (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: HIV and Viral Co-infections (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Viral Pathogens Involved in Canine and Feline Enteritidis (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- From Sporadic Cases of Bird Flu to Global Pandemic of SARS-CoV-2: The Science Behind and Battle against Zoonotic Viruses (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Arthropod-Borne Flavivirus Infections: One-Health Approaches in Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Bunyavirales Infections (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Host Immune Responses to RNA Viruses, Volume II (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Diagnostics of Animal Viral Infectious Diseases (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- 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)
- New Directions in HTLV-1 Research (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Mosquito-Borne Viruses (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Herpesvirus Diseases in Humans and Animals (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Understanding Human Cytomegalovirus Pathogenesis: Evidence from the Clinic and Laboratory Models (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Avian Virus Infection (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Virus–Host Cell Interactions and Research of New Antivirals (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Pathogenesis of Viral Hepatitis (Deadline: 31 October 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)
- 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)
- Retroviruses: Molecular Biology, Immunology and Pathogenesis (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
