SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 110819
Special Issue Editors
Interests: viral pathogenesis; virus-host interactions
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Interests: antiviral strategies; vaccines; animal models for coronavirus infections
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in December 2019. Similar to SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 is the third highly pathogenic coronavirus that causes severe disease in humans upon infection. As of August 2021, SARS-CoV-2 has caused over 200 million infections with more than 4 million deaths. Despite global efforts on SARS-CoV-2-related research, multiple aspects of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 remain largely unexplained or unsolved. (1) What are the underlying mechanisms of the high transmissibility and infectability of SARS-CoV-2? (2) Are there additional receptors, entry factors, or host factors that facilitate SARS-CoV-2 infection or replication? (3) What are the mechanisms of increased infection efficiency and/or immune evasion by emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants? (4) Are there better vaccines or therapeutic strategies to better prevent and/or treat COVID-19? (5) Are there lessons from other coronavirus infections that we can learn from to facilitate the control of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Special Issue invites all types of manuscripts including reviews, research articles, and short communications. Through this collection of articles, we hope that we can advance our knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses so that we can overcome the COVID-19 pandemic together.
Prof. Dr. Hin Chu
Prof. Dr. Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- SARS-CoV-1
- MERS-CoV
- pathogenesis
- virus-host interaction
- virus entry
- host factors
- antiviral strategies
- vaccines
- animal models
- SARS-CoV-2 variants
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