Evolution and Adaptation of Avian Viruses
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1011
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Interests: avian viruses; molecular epidemiology; phylogenetics; phylodynamics; statistics; molecular diagnosis; vaccination
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Interests: molecular epidemiology; infectious bronchitis virus; infectious bursal disease virus; vaccination; phylogenetics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The poultry industry is one of the leading sectors in animal production. It represents a significant source of profit in many high-income countries and a means of poverty alleviation through income generation and household food security in several rural communities. Poultry meat and eggs are also considered to be relatively affordable and more environmentally sustainable sources of high-quality protein compared to other livestock products. However, the profitability and efficiency of poultry farming are continually challenged by infectious diseases, which negatively impact animal productivity, welfare, and health. Rapidly evolving viruses pose a major threat due to their capability to adapt to new environmental conditions and farming systems and strategies.
Host jumps, vaccine escape, increased virulence, and diagnostic failures are just a few examples of how viral evolution can negatively impact animal production, both directly—by increasing animal losses and decreasing productivity—and indirectly—by increasing costs related to farm management, control strategies, and treatments. The need for more frequent antimicrobial treatment, which increases the risk of antimicrobial resistance emergence, cannot be neglected either.
Based on these premises, this Special Issue, titled “Evolution and Adaptation of Avian Viruses”, invites the submission of original research papers and reviews focused on avian virus epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, genetics, phylogenetics, evolution, virus–host interaction, interspecies transmission, diagnostics, treatment, vaccination, and control strategies. Experimental studies dealing with the molecular determinants and effects of evolution are also welcome. Under the One Health paradigm, collaboration between human health, animal health, environmental health, and food safety fields is particularly encouraged.
We look forward to receiving your submissions for this Special Issue.
Dr. Giovanni Franzo
Dr. Matteo Legnardi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- virus
- poultry
- evolution
- genetics
- diagnosis
- host
- epidemiology
- control
- vaccine