Filovirus Family: Recent Advances and Future Directions
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 162
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The filovirus family (Filoviridae) is a unique group of single-stranded negative-sense RNA viruses with filamentous forms, which currently includes the six genera Cuevavirus, Dianlovirus, Ebolavirus, Marburgvirus, Striavirus, and Thamnovirus. Two major genera, Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus, are well known because they have caused a number of fatal outbreaks since they were first discovered in 1976 and 1967, respectively. Filoviruses are emerging or re-emerging infectious viruses. In particular, the more frequent outbreaks of Ebolavirus and the re-emergence of Marburgvirus in Guinea and Ghana last year signify the risks from these filoviruses, which may cause an unprecedented epidemic and pose a serious threat to public health. This Special Issue entitled “Filovirus Family: Recent Advances and Future Directions” is to promote studies on this group of viruses. We would like to review our research experiences and lessons over the past 50 years and how we can more efficiently conduct our research to meet the challenges we are facing in combating these deadly viruses.
Reviews may include basic research such as viral entry and pathogenesis, virus–host interactions, and viral evolution and transmission, and anti-viral research such as vaccines and drugs or other novel countermeasures for filoviruses. Furthermore, in vivo and in vitro models are also necessary for studying these select viral pathogens.
Dr. Shi-hua Xiang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- filoviruses
- infection and pathogenesis
- animal models
- evolution and transmission
- vaccines and therapeutics
