Proactive Study of Future Viral Infectious Diseases
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2021) | Viewed by 17287
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bat viruses; paramyxoviruses; veterinary viruses; diagnostic methods; virus-host interaction
Interests: veterinary viruses; zoonoses; vaccine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is assumed that the new viral infectious diseases that have recently occurred are due to the circulation and cross-species transmission of viruses we did not know about. Viruses found in one host could migrate to other hosts in the ecosystem through artificial or ecological links. It may be that the various viruses that exist on Earth are repeatedly disappearing after invading humans without our recognition. Today, many studies have accumulated information about new viruses in diverse hosts. Now, based on these data, it is necessary to study the potential of the viruses for interspecies transmission and human infection.
In this Special Issue of Viruses, we aim to improve the knowledge base that enables the proactive response to new viral infectious diseases. This can be accomplished by studying viruses and their circulation in diverse hosts, understanding the relationships between the ecological characteristics of hosts and viruses, and determining the possibility of cross-species transmission through characterization of newly discovered viruses. We are inviting submissions on all aspects of proactive virus research, including active/passive surveillance, virus evolution, molecular virology, and virus–host interaction.
Dr. Hye Kwon Kim
Dr. Woonsung Na
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- novel viruses in diverse hosts
- virus transmission ecology
- sylvatic cycle of viruses
- virus evolution
- molecular virology
- spillover of zoonotic disease
- one-health measure
- virus–host interaction
- proactive studies in virology