Porcine Coronaviruses Infection
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 4150
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, porcine coronaviruses (CoVs) have become one of the important pathogens that threaten the swine industry worldwide. These large single-stranded RNA viruses can cause a wide spectrum of diseases affecting the digestive tract, respiratory tract, and nervous system. To date, six CoVs, namely transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV), porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV), and swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV) are known as the swine pathogens. From these, PEDV, PDCoV, and SADS-CoV are considered novel CoVs that are of interest to the scientific community. Sequence analyses have demonstrated that these viruses might have transmitted across species, from bat CoV (PEDV and SADS-CoV) and sparrow CoV (PDCoV). Despite extensive studies on this topic in the past decade, the mechanism of disease, host-virus interaction, and the genetic evolution of these porcine CoVs are not fully understood.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on general topics covering porcine CoVs infection. There is no limitation on the types of contributions; original articles, brief communications, case reports, and reviews are welcome. The scope includes, but is not limited to, pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms, host-virus interactions, genetic evolution, epidemiological studies, vaccine development and evaluation, and novel diagnostic methods of porcine CoVs infections.
Dr. Gun Temeeyasen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- porcine coronaviruses
- pathogenesis
- molecular mechanisms
- host-virus interactions
- genetic evolution
- epidemiology
- vaccines
- diagnostics
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