Aquatic Animal Viruses and Antiviral Immunity
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 75
Special Issue Editor
Interests: virology; immunology; aquatic animal health; aquaculture development (new species); molecular diagnostics; host–pathogen interactions; RNA-seq/transcriptomics/genomics; RNA viruses; fish respiratory physiology; MinION sequencing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic environments host the highest diversity of animal species on our planet. This diversity is reflected by the aquatic viruses that infect them, as well as in the responses aquatic animals have developed to combat viral infection. Although many insights have been gained for understanding these animal–virus interactions in aquatic ecosystems, there is still much to be uncovered.
For this Special Issue, we invite papers that expand our understanding of aquatic animal–virus interactions with the aim of expanding the body of literature that can be used to enhance farming, biomedical utilization, and environmental stewardship of aquatic ecosystems necessary for maintaining healthy and productive environments. We encourage papers describing new virus discoveries, emerging or changing viral diseases, therapies, molecular detection methods, genetics and advances in understanding viral–host interactions that push the current boundaries of how we understand aquatic viruses and aquatic animal antiviral immunity.
Dr. Mark Polinski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquatic virus
- aquatic animals
- innate immunity
- adaptive immunity
- host–virus interactions
- fish
- aquaculture
- biomedical research
- aquatic animal stewardship
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