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HBV Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation

edited by Rudolf K. Beran and Simon P. Fletcher

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7825 | Submission Open

Keywords: cccDNA; epigenetic regulation; SMC5/6 complex; HBx; RNA splicing; TENT4A/B (PAPD5/7); interferon; Interferon-Stimulated Genes (ISGs); antisense oligonucleotide; siRNA; CAM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Advances in Animal Influenza Virus Research: Third Edition

edited by

Chiara Chiapponi

and

Ana Moreno

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6834 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal influenza viruses; human infections; animal infections; epidemiology; pathogenesis; genetic characterization; antigenic characterization; reassortment events; spillover

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Opportunistic Viral Infections 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlo Contini

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2908 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiology of opportunistic viral infections; immunocompromised individuals (HIV/AIDS; transplants; tumors; chemotherapeutics; biotechnological drugs; etc.); advances in diagnosis; management and treatment of opportunistic viral infections; JC virus; HPV; CMV; EBV and other herpesvirus; human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1); hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV); polyomavirus; new Coronavirus including SARS-CoV-2; emerging viruses (arbovirus other zoonotic virus)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Novel Vaccines for Porcine Viruses

edited by

Levon Abrahamyan

and

Alexander Zakhartchouk

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1298 | Submission Open

Keywords: porcine viruses; porcine vaccines; swine vaccines; viral-vectored vaccines; DNA and mRNA vaccines; swine viral diseases; vaccine development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Enteric and Respiratory Viruses in Animals and Birds: Volume 5

edited by

Tohru Suzuki

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1041 | Submission Open

Keywords: coronaviruses; rotaviruses; caliciviruses; adenoviruses; herpesviruses; pestiviruses; paramyxoviruses; orthomyxoviruse; diagnosis; experimental techniques; molecular epidemiology; pathogenicity; treatment and control methodology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Bacteriophage Diversity

edited by Bert Ely

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2892 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteriophages; phage diversity; genome evolution; new genera; phage– host interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Viruses)

Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Approaches to Dissect Virus–Host Interactions

edited by

Nicholas Eyre

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5245 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution imaging; virus– host; correlative microscopy; viral replication cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Plant Virus Interactions with Hosts: Mechanisms and Applications

edited by Feng Zhu,

Lei Jiang

and **g Shang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1994 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant defense against viral pathogens; the pathogenic mechanisms of plant virus infection; viral disease resistance; plant– virus interactions; plant antiviral mechanisms; viral diseases control; applications in viral diseases; RNAi and its application in control viral pathogens; spray-induced gene silencing and its application in control viral pathogens; novel technologies and pathways to control viral pathogens; generation of transgenic crops resistant to viral pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Enzymes as Antiviral Targets

edited by

Eleftherios Michailidis

and

Stefan G. Sarafianos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14031 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

African Swine Fever Virus 4.0

edited by

Manuel Borca

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13637 | Submission Open

Keywords: ASF; ASFV; virus virulence; pathogenesis in natural hosts; protective host immune response; vaccine development; virus replication; virus structure/morphogenesis; ASF diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Host-Directed Therapies for HIV and RNA Respiratory Virus Infections

edited by

Yuxian He

and

Nuno Taveira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12995 | Submission Open

Keywords: HIV infection; SARS-CoV-2 infection; Influenza infection; RSV infection; Host-directed therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Viral Strategies to Regulate Host Immunity or Signal Pathways

edited by

Bumsuk Hahm

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6425 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus– host interaction; viral immunity; viral pathogenesis; immune evasion; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; signal pathway

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

15th International Adenovirus Meeting

edited by

Dragomira Majhen

Alan Parker

and

David T. Curiel

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5915 | Submission Open

Keywords: human and non-human adenovirus; virus– host response; receptors; immunology and pathogenesis; epidemiology; oncolytic vectors; vaccines; structure and assembly; entry and cell trafficking; life cycle; antiviral targets

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Computational Drug Discovery for Viral Infections

edited by

George D. Geromichalos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4756 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational drug design; structure-based drug design; ligand-based drug design; pharmacophore modeling; therapeutic targets; drug repurposing strategy; virtual screening approach; SAR/QSAR modeling; novel antiviral compounds; theoretical modeling; molecular pathways; molecular medicine; molecular mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Viruses and Non-Coding RNAs

edited by Renske D.M. Steenbergen,

Shih-Yen Lo

, Afsar Naqvi and

Zhi-Ming Zheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3941 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral infections; microRNAs; long noncoding RNAs; antiviral immunity; post-transcriptional regulation; virus diagnostics and therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Recent Advances in Antiviral Natural Products 2023

edited by

Massimiliano Galdiero

Carla Zannella

Annalisa Chianese

and

Rosa Giugliano

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3597 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus; antiviral; host-defense; natural product; drug delivery; infectious disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Baculovirus as Vaccine Vectors, RNA Interference Mediators, and Gene Delivery Vectors

edited by

Hung-Jen Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3498 | Submission Open

Keywords: baculovirus; vaccine vectors; subunit vaccine; baculovirus display vectors; RNA interference mediators; gene delivery vectors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Insect Viruses)

Equine Influenza 2023

edited by

Stephane Pronost

Gang Lu

and

Romain Paillot

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3149 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection among Pediatric Patients

edited by

Cinzia Auriti

Domenico Umberto De Rose

, Iliana Bersani, Francesca Campi, Maria Paola Ronchetti and

Fiammetta Piersigilli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2877 | Submission Open

Keywords: congenital cytomegalovirus infections; cytomegalovirus; cytomegalovirus in pregnancy; newborns; sensory neural hearing loss; long-term outcomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Virus Bioinformatics 2024

edited by

Manja Marz

and

Franziska Hufsky

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2627 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus bioinformatics; software; viral metagenomics and ecology; virus– host interactions; viral diversity and evolution; virus identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Recipients

edited by Sanjeet Singh Dadwal

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: HSCT; GVHD; HHV6; CMV; Adenovirus; BK and JC virus (polyomaviruses); HIV; SARS-CoV2; Chimeric antigen receptor therapy (CART); EBV

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Research Progress on Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus

edited by Tongqing An and **ngyang Cui

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2287 | Submission Open

Keywords: PRRSV; genetic evolution; replication regulation; immunological or pathogenic mechanism; vaccine development; prevention and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Immune Modulation by Human Cytomegalovirus

edited by

Davide Abate

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1760 | Submission Open

Keywords: human cytomegalovirus (CMV); molecular and cellular mechanisms; cell-intrinsic immunity; adaptive immunity; innate immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Viral Hepatitis Coinfection

edited by

Daryl Lau

and Marc G Ghany

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1536 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral hepatitis coinfection; HBV co-infected with HCV; HDV; and HIV; chronic viral hepatitis infection; care and treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Saliva in the Diagnosis of Viral Diseases

edited by

Anna Rosa Garbuglia

and

Licia Bordi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1249 | Submission Open

Keywords: saliva; diagnosis; pathogen detection; immunity; biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Current and Emerging Virus Diseases in Wheat

edited by

Jian Yang

and

Peng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1234 | Submission Open

Keywords: wheat; viral infection; host response; symptoms; viral pathogenesis; host factors; antiviral immunity; crop yield

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

New Advances in Arbovirus Vaccines

edited by Jianying Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open

Keywords: arboviruses; vaccine development; antibody-dependent enhancement; cross-reactivity; mRNA vaccines; insect-specific vaccines; virus-like particle; transmission-blocking vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Ocular Diseases in Viral Infection

edited by

Koju Kamoi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open

Keywords: the impact of COVID-19 on ocular health; ocular manifestations of retroviral infections (e.g.; HTLV-1 and HIV); virus-related ocular complications (adenoviruses; herpesviruses; dengue virus; and chikungunya virus); pathophysiology of viral infections leading to the manifestation of ocular diseases; diagnostic challenges and advancements in detecting ocular diseases linked to viral infections; treatment strategies and outcomes for ocular diseases in the context of viral infections; epidemiological studies on the prevalence and impact of ocular diseases in patients with viral infections; case reports on unique or rare ocular manifestations in viral infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Plant Virus Spillovers

edited by

Steve Wylie

and

Nuredin Habili

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open

Keywords: spillover; emergence; replication; wild-plant virus; transmission; virus-cell interaction; vector

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Arbovirus Infections

edited by Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento, Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes and

Rafael Freitas de Oliveira França

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbovirus; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; immunotherapeutic; immunoprophylaxis; vaccines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Whitefly-Transmitted Plant Viruses

edited by

Gian Paolo Accotto

Emanuela Noris

and

Laura Miozzi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bemisia spp.; Trialeurodes spp.; DNA viruses; RNA viruses; plant virus receptors in insects; transmission efficiency; RNA interference; endosymbionts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Pathogenesis of Arbovirus Infections

edited by

Anna Papa

and

Dennis Bente

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: arboviral disease; pathogenesis; vector– pathogen– host interactions; animal models; immune response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Application of Nanoparticle Platforms to Antiviral Therapy and Vaccines

edited by Jiang Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticle platform; rational design; antiviral drugs; neutralizing and non-neutralizing antibodies; vaccines; infectious diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Protein–Protein Interactions in the Discovery of Antiviral Drugs

edited by

Benoit Coulombe

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein– protein interactions; antiviral drug discovery; protein target inhibitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Virology and Immunology of Gene Therapy

edited by Weidong **ao and

Jianming Qiu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene therapy; viral vector; vaccine; immune responses; viruses; AAV; lentiviral vectors; neutralizing antibody

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

HIV and HTLV Infections and Coinfections

edited by

Carlos Brites

and

Antonio Vallinoto

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 520 | Submission Open

Keywords: human T-cell leukemia virus; HIV; HTLV-associated diseases; HIV co-infections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Virus Assembly and Genome Packaging

edited by

Mauricio Comas-Garcia

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 515 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral assembly; genome packaging; viral structural proteins; host protein; viral– host interactions; antiviral therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

State-of-the-Art Arbovirus Research in Europe 2023

edited by

Boris Pastorino

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5458 | Submission Open

Keywords: vector-borne disease; flavivirus; alphavirus; phlebovirus; arthropod vectors; diagnosis; arbovirus; emerging and re-emerging viruses; antiviral treatment; vaccine

(This special issue belongs to the Section General Virology)

Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of Vaccines against Viruses: From Network Medicine to Clinical Experimentation 2nd Edition

edited by

Pietro Hiram Guzzi

Jayanta Kumar Das

and

Marianna Milano

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3854 | Submission Open

Keywords: vaccines; vaccine security; computational bioinformatics; network analysis; data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Innate Immunity to Virus Infection 2nd Edition

edited by

Caijun Sun

and

Feng Ma

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2879 | Submission Open

Keywords: innate immunity; interferon (IFN); IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs); IFN signaling pathways; antiviral immunity; inflammation; immunometabolism; non-coding RNA; vaccine; broadly antiviral drug

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Newcastle Disease and Other Avian Orthoavulaviruses 1

edited by Chang-Won Lee and

Abhijeet Bakre

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2548 | Submission Open

Keywords: Newcastle disease; avian orthoavulaviruses 1; epidemiology; pathogenesis; immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Apoptosis and Necroptosis as Host Defense Strategies to Prevent Viral Infection

edited by

Marc Kvansakul

and

Chathura Suraweera

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 815 | Submission Open

Keywords: apoptosis; necroptosis; host defense; caspases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: Improving Diagnosis, Treatment and Surveillance 2.0

edited by

Riccardo Nevola

submission deadline 16 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2179 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral hepatitis; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; elimination; diagnosis; treatment uptake; surveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Intra-patient Viral Evolution

edited by Adam A. Capoferri and

Mary Kearney

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1528 | Submission Open

Keywords: intra-patient viral evolution; drug resistance; immune escape; co-evolution; virus persistence; virus evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Recent Advances of Avian Viruses Research

edited by

Chi-Young Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11155 | Submission Open

Keywords: avian influenza virus; infectious bronchitis virus; infectious bursal disease virus; infectious laryngotracheitis virus; Marek's disease virus; avian leukosis virus; avian polyomavirus; avian bornavirus; avian circovirus; avian reovirus; avian poxvirus; beak and feather disease virus; parvovirus; avian diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)

Host Cell-Virus Interaction, 3rd Edition

edited by

Parikshit Bagchi

and

Anupam Mukherjee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10297 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus; viral proteins; virus entry; viral replication and pathogenesis; virus assembly and egress; intracellular trafficking of virus; host cell; cellular signaling; interferon pathway; inflammasome; viral immune evasion; immune response; cell death; apoptosis; autophagy; host-virus interaction; anti-viral strategies; direct acting antivirals; broad-spectrum antiviral agents; RNAi; microRNAs; neutralizing antibodies; molecular mechanisms of antivirals; molecular mechanisms of drug-resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals)

Crop Resistance to Viral Infections

edited by

Shyi-Dong Yeh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10217 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral pathogenicity; host– virus interaction; virus-resistance gene; transgenic resistance; attenuated virus; cross protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa)

Molecular Biology of Human Cytomegalovirus

edited by

Michael McVoy

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9835 | Submission Open

Keywords: cytomegalovirus; molecular biology; genetics; pathogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Viral Hepatitis in Latin America and the Caribbean

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9406 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral hepatitis; Latin America; key populations; epidemiology; molecular epidemiology; therapy; diagnostics; new diagnostic technologies; immune response; clinical outcome; genotype

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment

edited by

Eric Yager

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7879 | Submission Open

Keywords: influenza; adenovirus; coronoavirus; respiratory syncytial virus; rhinovirus; respiratory virus; antiviral strategies; epidemiology; diagnosis; treatment; vaccination; surveillance; vaccine development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)

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