Human Hepatitis Viruses and Their Animal Homologues
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 1519
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Interests: emerging/re-emerging viruses; zoonotic viral infections; viral hepatitis and gastroenteritis; molecular epidemiology; diagnostics; mutagenesis; public health
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Interests: bat and rodent virus discovery; virus isolation; virus–host interaction; viral pathogenesis; viral ecology; emerging infectious diseases; attenuated and inactivated vaccines
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Dear Colleagues,
Human hepatitis A to E viruses continue to present significant threats to public health. Recent advancements in high-throughput sequencing techniques in metagenomics, coupled with a burgeoning interest in the viromes of small mammals, have led to the discovery of homologues of human hepatitis viruses in various animal species beyond primates. However, the molecular biology and pathogenicity of these novel viruses remain largely unexplored, and the zoonotic potential of these homologues, particularly hepatitis E virus-related viruses, requires further investigation. Nevertheless, the identification of genetically divergent hepatitis viruses in diverse animal species provides valuable insights into the origins and evolution of human hepatitis viruses. Moreover, the discovery of these homologues offers a promising opportunity to establish animal models for studying the mechanistic pathogenesis of human hepatitis viruses. This Special Issue aims at encompassing a broad spectrum of topics related to the human hepatitis viruses and their animal counterparts.
Dr. Bo Wang
Prof. Dr. Xinglou Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hepatitis viruses
- animal virome
- genetic diversity
- genomic organization
- ecology and evolution
- molecular biology
- molecular epidemiology
- zoonotic potential
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