Host–Virus Interactions during Respiratory or Gastrointestinal Tract Infection
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2024) | Viewed by 244
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last decade, we have witnessed an explosion of research elucidating novel etiologies and functions of viral infections, particularly those infecting the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, on the long-term health and development of chronic diseases. These often involve complex interplay between viral and host factors (genetic, epigenetic and/or proteomic). A deeper characterisation of these complex interactions, underlying molecular mechanisms, key timings and sites of infections and the spectrum of viruses contributing to disease pathogenesis and negative long-term health outcomes is critically important to translate research discoveries into disease-modifying therapeutics and antiviral vaccines for primary/secondary prevention. To this end, this Special Issue focuses on the myriad of interactions that exist between the host and viruses infecting the human respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. You are invited to submit hypothesis-generating reviews as well as knowledge-enhancing original research articles on this topic. This may include, but is not limited to, articles regarding the examination of relationships between host genetics or epigenetics and the virus susceptibility/severity of manifestations, the multi-omic integration of virome and other host-omics data and cutting-edge experimental and bioinformatics approaches to further enhance our understanding in these areas.
Dr. Ki Wook Kim
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- respiratory infections
- virus
- gut
- host
- virome
- disease
- virus–host interaction
