Virology (VIR)
Section Information
Virology studies viruses, their structure, replication, evolution, and interactions with host organisms. Viruses infect humans, animals, plants, fungi, and microbes, playing major roles in health, agriculture, biotechnology, and global ecosystems.
Modern virology uses molecular biology, genomics, microscopy, structural biology, immunology, and computational tools to understand viral lifecycles, host responses, mechanisms of transmission, and emergence of new viral threats. These approaches also support vaccine development, antiviral therapies, diagnostics, and surveillance.
This section will publish research articles, short communications, and reviews on virus biology, virus–host interactions, viral evolution, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnostics, therapeutics, and applied virology in medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology.
Scope
- Virus Structure, Classification, and Evolution
- Viral morphology, genome organization, and replication strategies
- Taxonomy, classification, and diversity across viral families
- Mutation, recombination, reassortment, and viral evolution
- Emergence and adaptation of novel viruses
- Virus Replication and Molecular Biology
- Entry, uncoating, replication, assembly, and release
- Regulation of viral gene expression
- Interactions with host cellular machinery
- Viral strategies for persistence and latency
- Virus–Host Interactions
- Innate and adaptive immune responses to viral infection
- Immune evasion and modulation by viruses
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
- Host factors determining susceptibility and disease severity
- Viral Diseases, Pathogenesis, and Epidemiology
- Transmission routes and outbreak dynamics
- Zoonotic viruses and cross-species transmission
- Tissue tropism, pathology, and disease progression
- Population-level surveillance and epidemiological modeling
- Diagnostics and Detection Technologies
- Serology, antigen tests, and molecular diagnostics
- Point-of-care and high-throughput detection platforms
- Environmental sampling, wastewater surveillance, and metagenomics
- Digital and automated viral diagnostic tools
- Vaccines, Antivirals, and Therapeutic Strategies
- Vaccine design, development, and immune correlates
- Antiviral drugs, resistance mechanisms, and combination therapies
- Monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies
- Host-directed therapies and innovative treatments
- Plant, Animal, and Environmental Virology
- Viruses of crops, livestock, and wildlife
- Viral ecology and virus–microbe interactions
- Environmental persistence and transmission pathways
- Impacts of viral infections on ecosystems and food systems
- Phage Biology and Applications
- Bacteriophage diversity, ecology, and life cycles
- Phage–bacteria interactions and coevolution
- Phage therapy, diagnostics, and biotechnology
- Phage engineering and synthetic biology
- Tools, Techniques, and Emerging Approaches in Virology
- Structural biology, cryo-EM, and high-resolution imaging
- Genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics of viruses
- Mathematical modeling and computational virology
- Automation, nanotechnology, and next-generation virology platforms
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