Identification and Detection of Viral Zoonosis Pathogens

Viruses, such as HIV, influenza virus and Ebola virus, are pathogenic microorganisms that can cause human and animal infectious diseases. Infectious diseases caused by viruses can spread widely around the world and have a huge impact on social stability and economic development. Zoonoses refer to a kind of diseases that are naturally transmitted between animals and humans, caused by common pathogens, and related in epidemiology. Many viral zoonotic diseases are serious diseases not only for livestock and poultry, but also for human beings, posing a serious threat to public health. The pathogens host spectrum of these diseases is generally very wide. Many of the patients are naturally infected with these pathogens, which are difficult to control and eliminate. In recent years, a variety of new viral zoonosis pathogens have emerged in humans and animals, such as COVID-19 and H7N9 avian influenza virus, which have posed a huge challenge to human and animal health. The detection, identification, evolution and characterization of various new viruses will play a key role in disease control and drug development.
Viral zoonosis mainly includes: AIDS, Influenza, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Coronavirus disease, Nipah virus infection, Hendra virus disease, Rotavirus disease, Hantavirus infection, Rabies, Foot-and-mouth disease, Mad cow disease, etc. The detection, evolutionary analysis, clinical characteristics and cross-species transmission mechanism of these viral diseases will be of great significance for disease control.
This topic will focus on the following research areas:
1. Discovery of new viral zoonosis pathogens.
2. Novel methods in viral zoonosis pathogens detection.
3. Genome analysis in viral zoonosis.
4. Clinical characteristics of viral zoonosis.
5. Cross-species transmission mechanism of viral zoonosis pathogens.