Molecular Detection and Characterisation of Viral Pathogens: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 63
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary virology; transboundary animal diseases; vector-borne and zoonotic diseases; wildlife infectious diseases; molecular diagnostics; molecular epidemiology; wildlife conservation; one health
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Interests: arboviral diseases; vector ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Viruses are highly diverse entities capable of infecting all life forms. Whilst their genomes, modes of transmission and pathogenicity are highly variable, all viruses require the machinery of the infected host cell to replicate, and as such are subject to selective processes within the host environment. It is both this dependency and diversity that bind viruses together, and which continue to challenge virus detection, classification and control efforts and, at the most fundamental level, the determination of virus evolutionary origin. In light of these challenges and the undeniable impact that these “organisms at the edge of life” have on plant, animal and human health, this Special Issue seeks to explore how our own dependency on diverse molecular detection and characterization approaches can be leveraged to effectively deal with these impacts. Whilst virus isolation remains the gold standard, the sheer diversity and associated constraint of suitable culturing options means that molecular biology approaches remain central to virus discovery, diagnostics, epidemiology, vaccinology and, ultimately, disease control. In this Special Issue, we invite you to submit manuscripts that report on components of virus ecology, epidemiology and control that hinge on molecular detection and characterization, including virus discovery, diagnosis, co-infection, virulence, evolution/co-evolution, epidemiology, transmission dynamics, vaccine strain selection and host–pathogen interactions. We welcome contributions in the form of original research papers or reviews.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Armanda Bastos
Dr. David P. Tchouassi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- diversity
- evolution
- genomics
- molecular diagnostics
- molecular epidemiology
- vaccines
- vector-borne
- virulence
- zoonotic
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