Emerging Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 1874
Special Issue Editors
Interests: virology; emerging infectious diseases; animal models; pre-clinical vaccine and therapeutic testing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Paramyxoviruses are a large family of negative-sense RNA viruses with a broad host tropism. Several bat-borne paramyxoviruses have been identified as zoonotic, including henipaviruses and pararubulaviruses. The two original members of the henipavirus genus (Hendra and Nipah viruses) are lethal in humans and animals, whereas other more recently discovered members are non-pathogenic or have an unknown pathogenicity. Zoonotic pararubulaviruses, such as the Menangle virus, can cause mild flu-like symptoms in humans or be asymptomatic. In recent years, we have seen an increase in the identification of emerging zoonotic paramyxoviruses, particularly from bat species.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide original and review articles describing newly emerging zoonotic paramyxoviruses and advances in the knowledge of recently emerged zoonotic paramyxoviruses.
Dr. Glenn Marsh
Jennifer Barr
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- paramyxovirus
- zoonotic
- bat
