Pathogenesis of Viral Diseases
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 8747
Special Issue Editor
2. School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang, China
3. Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang, China
Interests: virus–host interaction; hepatitis B virus; mechanism of viral replication; anti-viral targets and therapies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The current pandemic has alerted the world to the unprecedented challenges posed by emerging and re-emerging pathogenic viruses. Viral pathogens cause a variety of infectious diseases in their hosts through a complex process called viral pathogenesis, which involves extensive host–virus interactions on both the cellular and systemic levels. These interactions include viral entry, replication, dissemination, and host immune responses, the combinations of which determine virus and host tissue tropisms, the occurrence of viral pathogenesis, and the form and the severity of diseases.
The understanding of how various human and zoonotic viruses lead to pathogenesis is key to alleviating severe infection-related illnesses, reducing deaths, and curbing infection. To advance our understanding of virus–host interaction and the pathogenesis of various emerging and re-emerging viruses, many key questions relating to specific viruses remain to be fully explored. These questions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- How are viral host and organ tropism determined?
- How does viral infection affect various functions of infected cells or tissues?
- How do host immune responses combat viral infection, and how do viruses evade host immune responses?
- How do host immune responses contribute to pathogenesis and immunopathogenesis?
- What are the potential strategies to combat viral pathogenesis?
In this Special Issue, we aim to discuss these questions by assembling a collection of original research, review articles, and case reports that highlight the recent advances in understanding the pathogenesis of various human and zoonotic viruses of your expertise. We cordially invite you to submit manuscripts related to these topics.
Dr. Lei Wei
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human virus
- zoonotic virus
- pathogenesis
- virus–host interaction
- disease
- host and tissue tropism
- immunopathogenesis
- immune responses
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