Research on Arthropod-Borne Viral Diseases
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2024) | Viewed by 2020
Special Issue Editor
Interests: virology; emerging viruses; zoonoses; arboviruses; flaviviruses; host–virus interaction; pathogenesis; antiviral immunity; vaccines; antivirals; diagnosis; epidemiology; animal and human health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Viral diseases transmitted by vector arthropods represent one of the most important threats to human and animal health in the modern world. For decades, many of these diseases have been endemic to regions with low economic indices, where they constitute serious health problems due to the lack of effective means of control. In addition, these diseases frequently (re)-emerge in areas where they had not previously posed a health problem or where they had already been eradicated. This (re)-emergence is exacerbated by globalization and climate change, which causes the movement and establishment of the vectors and viruses responsible for these diseases.
The control of infectious diseases is based on three fundamental axes: prevention, surveillance, and treatment.
This Special Issue aims to bring together new contributions from the relevant fields of research, both basic and applied, against viral diseases transmitted by arthropod vectors. These articles should focus on increasing our knowledge and control of these viral diseases. In this way, contributions are welcome on the following topics: the virulence mechanisms, epidemiology, and diagnoses of these viruses; host immune-mediated responses and pathogeneses; the development of effective vaccines and antivirals; the development of new tools that can be applied in the research or control of diseases; controlling disease through their interference with vectors.
Dr. Nereida Jiménez de Oya
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- arthropod-borne viruses
- vector control
- host immunity
- pathogenesis
- epidemiology
- vaccines
