Respiratory Viruses and Antiviral Immunity
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Vaccination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Medicine, Universidad Cuauhtémoc San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
Interests: virology; epidemiology; respiratory viruses; immunity; innate immunity; clinical research; public health
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Interests: virology; epidemiology; respiratory viruses; HPV; immunity; innate immunity; clinical research; basic virology; molecular biology
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Interests: viral pathogenesis; viral vaccines; respiratory viruses; emergent viruses; Toscana virus; innate immunity; adaptive immunity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The respiratory tract is a major portal of entry for viruses into the body. Various strategies exist to control respiratory virus replication and to limit immune-mediated inflammation and tissue injury. This Special Issue is interested in the contributions of physical and chemical barriers to infection and the various innate immune mechanisms and cell types mediating host responses to virus infections—both innate and adaptive immune responses. Particularly, the features of interest include the protective mechanisms and their pathophysiological implications in viral respiratory infections. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which aims to describe, interpret, and analyze the role of the antiviral response in various aspects: as a protective barrier, a mechanism of containment or elimination, and as a basis for the pathophysiology of viral respiratory infections. Within this framework, particular interest is given to questions such as what contributes to viral reinfections and the antiviral response leading to disease and damage and how this understanding can be used to develop therapeutic strategies that include vaccines.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Andreu Comas-Garcia
Dr. Sofía Bernal-Silva
Prof. Dr. Maria Grazia Cusi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- respiratory viruses
- innate antiviral response
- adaptative antiviral response
- prevention
- damage
- viral clearance
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