As major threats to the global swine industry, swine infectious diseases caused significant economic losses and potential public health issues. During the past three decades, many swine infectious diseases emerged in the field, such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and its novel isolates with distinct pathogenicity, high pathogenic variants of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and pseudorabies virus (PRV) and influenza viruses, which lead to tremendous economic losses worldwide. A few novel pathogens identified recently, such as Senecavirus A, atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV), PCV-3, PCV4, PDCoV, SADS-CoV, influenza D, constitute a new challenge.
Although significant effects have been made to study these emerging infectious diseases, there are still gaps in many aspects, such as the pathogenesis mechanisms, structure and function of viral proteins, protective immunity, and viral evolution. For disease control, new approaches for prevention and treatment of infectious diseases are urgently required.
To fill these gaps of knowledge, we encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in the below aspects:
- Genomic structure and function
- Virus-host interaction
- Viral and/or host dependency for virulence and transmissibility of the disease
- Antiviral countermeasures
- Vaccine design
- Disease control programs
As major threats to the global swine industry, swine infectious diseases caused significant economic losses and potential public health issues. During the past three decades, many swine infectious diseases emerged in the field, such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and its novel isolates with distinct pathogenicity, high pathogenic variants of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and pseudorabies virus (PRV) and influenza viruses, which lead to tremendous economic losses worldwide. A few novel pathogens identified recently, such as Senecavirus A, atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV), PCV-3, PCV4, PDCoV, SADS-CoV, influenza D, constitute a new challenge.
Although significant effects have been made to study these emerging infectious diseases, there are still gaps in many aspects, such as the pathogenesis mechanisms, structure and function of viral proteins, protective immunity, and viral evolution. For disease control, new approaches for prevention and treatment of infectious diseases are urgently required.
To fill these gaps of knowledge, we encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in the below aspects:
- Genomic structure and function
- Virus-host interaction
- Viral and/or host dependency for virulence and transmissibility of the disease
- Antiviral countermeasures
- Vaccine design
- Disease control programs