Arboviral Lifecycle 2025
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Invertebrate Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 2
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Interests: virus evolution and transmission; arboviruses; vaccines
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Dear Colleagues,
The increasing geographic spread and incidence of arbovirus infections are among the greatest public health concerns in the Americas. The region has observed an increasing trend in the incidence of dengue in recent decades, evolving from low to hyperendemic. The incidence of yellow fever also intensified in this period, expanding from activity restricted to wildlife to urban outbreaks. In 2005, Chikungunya started to spread at an unprecedented, pandemic rate, reaching the Americas in 2013. Since then, ZIKV and CHIKV have created an emergency situation in the Americas: the co-circulation of four important human arboviruses transmitted by the same mosquito, mainly Aedes aegypti, at the same time and place has caused explosive outbreaks, carrying devastating congenital anomalies and neurological disorders and making it one of the biggest global health crises in years. Inadequate surveillance of arboviruses in the region and the lack of serological tests to differentiate the viruses are substantial challenges. Measures for vector control remain weak. Clinical management remains the mainstay of arbovirus control. Currently, only yellow fever and dengue vaccines are licensed in the Americas, with several vaccine candidates in clinical trials. The development of specific serological diagnoses and competence studies of transmission vectors are essential for understanding the life cycle of arboviruses.
Dr. Jianying Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- arbovirus
- viral infection and transmission
- viral receptors
- host antiviral immunity
- viral epidemics
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