Dear Colleagues,

Animal herpesviruses can infect either domestic or wild animals, mostly in a species-specific manner. These viruses are prevalent and widespread pathogens that are able to establish lifelong latent infections in different cell types, depending on the virus species and host factors. Latency is a unique example of a fascinating type of virus–host interaction and a result of a long co-evolution process between virus and host. Understanding viral evolution, epidemiology, virus–cell interactions, virus pathogenesis, immune response and pathology caused by these pathogens is crucial for the development of new tools for the control and/or treatment of such infections. Moreover, herpesviruses have been used as effective vectors to convey heterologous immunogens targeting several pathogens of different species. This Special Issue of Animals will provide reviews, contemporary research reports, and commentaries about these fascinating pathogens and a platform for important contributions to the current knowledge on animal herpesviruses.

Dr. Ana Cláudia Franco
Dr. Fabrício S. Campos
Guest Editors

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• herpesvirus
• alphaherpesvirus
• betaherpesvirus
• gammaherpesvirus
• latency
• epidemiology
• pathogenesis
• immune response
• vaccine