Research in Animal Herpesviruses

This special issue is aimed at offering a place to present high-quality innovative researches and review papers on the variegate world of animal herpesviruses.

The order Herpesvirales include viruses infecting vertebrates, from fish to humans, and some invertebrates. The herpes group of viruses has been attracting an ever-growing attention due to their epidemiological importance and pathogenic properties in different animal hosts. Indeed, the ability to reactivate from latency to lytic cycle causing varied clinical manifestations and their oncogenic potential associated with chromosomal integration makes them unique among viruses.

Considering the abovementioned challenges, this special issue encourages researchers to contribute to the expansion of knowledge about the interaction between herpesviruses and their animal hosts. Diagnostic challenges and studies on epidemiological and control aspects will be also considered if they demonstrate a clear impact on the disease.

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

herpesvirales

canid alphaherpesvirus-1 (CHV)

felid alphaherpesvirus-1 (FHV)

equid herpesvirus (EHV)

bovine herpesvirus (BHV)

Suid alphaherpesvirus-1 (SHV)

latency

oncogenic

domesticated animals

wild animals