Virology Research in South Africa—from a Great Legacy to an Optimistic Future
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2024 | Viewed by 5140
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human coronaviruses; SARS-CoV; HCoV-NL63; MERS-CoV; SARS-CoV-2; molecular and cell biology
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2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Medical Viriology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Interests: molecular biology; viral phylogenetics; respiratory viruses; influenza; RSV; SARS-CoV-2; CMV; HIV
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We recently published a Viruses Special Issue entitled “State-of-the-Art Virology Research in South Africa”, which has garnered much interest and received numerous submissions. Given the success of the previous Special Issue, we are excited to extend an invitation to our colleagues to participate in a second volume of this Special Issue. The second volume of the Special Issue of the journal Viruses will focus on “Virology Research in South Africa—from a Great Legacy to an Optimistic Future”. As a continuation of the First Volume, this volume aims to provide a comprehensive overview of research on HIV, viral hepatitis, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), coronaviruses, other less studied respiratory viruses, zoonotic viruses as well as research on viral vaccines, vaccine development and clinical trials on viral vaccines conducted in South Africa. Other areas relevant to this issue are research related to antiviral resistance for HIV and other viral drugs. This issue is not restricted to research on human viruses, and we invite submission of all virology research from South Africa. This is a great opportunity to showcase all the virus research, and new research niches, that were established due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by South African researchers and their collaborators through submission of original research and review articles.
Prof. Dr. Burtram C. Fielding
Dr. Ziyaad Valley-Omar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2
- other respiratory viruses
- vaccines
- HIV
- antiviral resistance
- zoonotic viruses
- hepatitis viruses
- enteric viruses
- novel viruses/virus discovery
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