Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 547
Special Issue Editor
Interests: RNA viruses; influenza; vaccine development; antiviral development; viral immunology; viral pathogenesis; molecular virology; virus–host interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Viral respiratory infections are the most common diseases in humans, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic losses annually worldwide. As the world continues to deal with COVID-19, upsurges in infections caused by other respiratory viruses, such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza, metapneumovirus, bocaviruses, and non-rhinovirus enteroviruses, have burdened healthcare systems in several countries. Because of their transmissibility, advances in the diagnosis and surveillance of these respiratory viruses are critically needed to guide the use of available therapeutics, the allocation of hospital as well as community resources, and the targeting of vaccination in addition to behavioral change campaigns by public health officials to mitigate their spread. Furthermore, since many of these respiratory viruses have limited therapeutic options and lack effective vaccines, there is an urgent need for further research into the biology of these viruses to help guide the development of effective strategies for the treatment and prevention of infection.
This Special Issue of Viruses seeks to attract original research and review articles focused on (1) advances and innovations in the development of highly sensitive diagnostic tests for the early detection of human respiratory virus infections; (2) timely findings on the epidemiology and transmission of human respiratory viruses; (3) the development and clinical trials of new vaccines, antivirals, and immunotherapeutics for influenza, RSV, coronaviruses, and other clinically relevant human respiratory viruses; (4) studies detailing the effectiveness and/or immunogenicity of existing vaccines; and (5) mitigation measures or strategies to reduce viral transmission/community spread, disease incidence in at-risk populations, and cross-species transmission.
Dr. Eric Yager
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- influenza
- adenovirus
- coronoavirus
- respiratory syncytial virus
- rhinovirus
- respiratory virus
- antiviral strategies
- epidemiology
- diagnosis
- treatment
- vaccination
- surveillance
- vaccine development
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