Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Human Enteroviruses 2.0
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2024 | Viewed by 2735
Special Issue Editor
Interests: human enteroviruses; viral pathogenesis; immunology; virus–host interactions; chronic viral infection; molecular epidemiology of enteroviruses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our 2022 Special Issue "Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Human Enteroviruses".
Human enteroviruses are non-enveloped viruses with a single positive-strand RNA genome belonging to the Enterovirus genus of the Picornaviridae family. Currently, human enteroviruses comprise more than 100 types, which are grouped into four species (Enterovirus A–D). This group of viruses typically causes acute and self-limiting diseases, including aseptic meningitis encephalitis; myocarditis; herpangina; hand, foot and mouth disease; acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis; and respiratory infections. However, the full spectrum of illness caused by individual enteroviral serotypes remains unclear. In addition to acute illnesses, enteroviruses have also been associated with chronic diseases such as type 1 diabetes, chronic viral cardiomyopathy, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-poliomyelitis muscular atrophy.
Despite extensive investigations in recent decades, much remains unknown about the epidemiology and pathogenesis of enterovirus infections in humans. Except for the poliovirus vaccine, there is no vaccine or specific therapy available for most human enteroviral infections. Filling gaps in knowledge about pathogenesis, transmission dynamics, epidemiology, and evolution of human enteroviruses will open new conceptual avenues for vaccine and antiviral development. This Special Issue of Microorganisms welcomes original research articles, clinical reports, and review articles related to recent discoveries concerning the epidemiology and pathogenesis of human enteroviruses.
Dr. Luis Sarmiento
Guest Editor
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