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CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Alan McLachlan

New Content ItemUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

Research website

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Leo Poon

Leo PoonUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

MANAGING EDITOR

Haogao Gu

Haogao Gu University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

SECTION EDITORS

John Barr

New Content ItemUniversity of Leeds, United Kingdom

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Negative-strand RNA viruses

Specialisms: Bunyavirales, Arenaviruses, Orthobunyaviruses, Nairoviruses
 

Marco A. Campos

New Content ItemFiocruz Minas, Brazil

Research website

ORCID profile
 


Sections: Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae)

Specialisms: Innate immunity; HSV-1, SARS-CoV-2, Dengue, Zika; TLRs
 

Linda Chelico

New Content ItemUniversity of Saskatchewan, Canada

Research website

ORCID profile

Twitter: @ChelicoUSASK

Sections: Retroviruses

Specialisms: Virus-host interactions, APOBEC3, HIV, Mutagenesis, Protein interactions, Nucleic acid interactions, Cancer
 

Wan-Long Chuang

New Content ItemKaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

ORCID profile

 


Sections: Hepatitis viruses

Tony Cunningham

New Content ItemThe Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Herpes viruses

Specialisms: HIV, Herpes virus, Vaccine, COVID, Virology, Immunology
 

Erna Geessien Kroon

New Content ItemUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Research website

ORCID profile


Sections: Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae)

Specialisms: Virology, Poxvirus, DNA viruses, Flavivirus, Coronavirus

Frederick Kibenge

New Content ItemUniversity of Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Veterinary College, Canada

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Clinical virology

Specialisms: Veterinary virology, Immunology, Diagnostic veterinary microbiology
 

Vitantonio Pantaleo

New Content Item (1)National Research Council, Italy

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Plant viruses, Viruses of microbes

Specialisms: Plant viruses, RNA technologies, Gene expression and RNA silencing

Kin On Kwok, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sections: Public health

Tom Geisbert, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Sections: Emerging viruses

Chad Mire, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA
Sections: Emerging viruses

Hualan Chen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Sections: Influenza viruses

Chengjun Li, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Sections: Influenza viruses

Supriya Chakraborty, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Sections: Plant viruses

Jason Mackenzie, The University of Melbourne, Australia 
Sections: Positive-strand RNA viruses

Rushika Perera, Colorado State University, USA
Sections: Positive-strand RNA viruses

Gerlinde Van de Walle, Cornell University, USA 
Sections: Veterinary DNA viruses

Walid Azab, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Sections: Veterinary DNA viruses

Joana Azeredo, University of Minho, Portugal
Sections: Viruses of microbes

Małgorzata Łobocka, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, Poland 
Sections: Viruses of microbes

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Mairaj Ahmed Ansari

New Content ItemJamia Hamdard, India

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses, Herpes viruses, Influenza viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Specialisms: Host pathogen interaction, Molecular virology, Clinical virology, Molecular immunology, Nanomedicine and immunology
 

Jonatas Abrahao

New Content ItemUFMG, Brazil

Research website

ORCID profile



 Sections: Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae), Viruses of microbes

Specialisms: Giant virus, Evolution, Genomics, Virus ecology
 

Andreina Baj

New Content ItemUniversity of Insubria, Italy

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses

Specialisms: Persistent viral infections, Emergent viral infections, Inflammatory intestinal diseases, Molecular diagnosis
 

Roberto Bruzzone

New Content ItemInstitut Pasteur, France

Research website

ORCID profile



Sections: Influenza viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Specialisms: Cell biology of host-pathogen interactions
 

Chi Ping Chan

New Content ItemThe University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 Research website

 ORCID Profile

 Sections: Clinical Virology

 Specialisms: Molecular Virology, Innate immunity, Immune evasion, Viral-host interaction, Influenza viruses, Coronaviruses

Tanushree Dangi

New Content ItemNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, United States of America

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ORCID profile

Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses, Influenza viruses

Specialisms: Virology, Viral vaccines, Viral-immunology, Infectious viruses 
 

Siddhartha Datta

New Content ItemNational Cancer Institute, USA

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Retroviruses

Specialisms: HIV, Biochemistry, Structure, Virology, Spectroscopy

Franklin Wang-Ngai Chow

New Content ItemThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses

Specialisms: Microbiology, Small RNA, Extracellular vesicles, Diagnostics

Jaquelline Germano De Oliveira

New Content ItemFundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Brazil

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Specialisms: Antivirals, Arbovirus, Cancer biomarkers, Papillomavirus
 

Gulfaraz Khan

New Content ItemUnited Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

Research website

ORCID profile

Twitter: @Dr_Gulfaraz

Sections: Herpes viruses

Specialisms: Viral pathology, Emerging viral infections, Infectious diseases
 

Shifang Li

New Content ItemInstitute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Plant viruses, Viruses of microbes

Specialisms: Fruit tree viral diseases, Viroid
 

Yi-Ping Li

New Content ItemZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, China

 Research website

 ORCID Profile

 Section: Clinical Virology

 Specialisms: Molecular Virology, Flaviviridae viruses, Hepatitis viruses, Reverse genetic systems, Infection models

Shih-Shun Lin

New Content Item National Taiwan University, Taiwan

 Research website

 ORCID Profile

 Sections: Plant viruses

 Specialisms: Plant virology, Biotechnology, Molecular biology, Bioinformatics

Hugo Oliveira

New Content ItemUniversity of Minho, Portugal

Research website

ORCID profile

Twitter: @Oliveira_HAM

Sections: Viruses of microbes

Specialisms: Bacterial infections, Bacteriophage, Genomics, Clinical Microbiology
 

Slobodan Paessler

New Content ItemUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, United States of America

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Influenza viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses, Veterinary DNA viruses, Veterinary RNA viruses

Specialisms: Arenaviruses, Influenza, Encephalitis, Vaccines, Virus replication, Antivirals, Immune response, Viral vectors
 

Tung Phan

New Content ItemUniversity of Pittsburgh, United States of America

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses, Hepatitis viruses, Herpes viruses, Influenza viruses

Specialisms: Clinical Virology, Evolution, Epidemiology, Molecular Diagnostics
 

Aguinaldo R. Pinto

New Content ItemFederal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Clinical virology, Retroviruses

Specialisms: Retrovirus; HIV; Sars-CoV-2
 

Nobuhiro Suzuki

New Content ItemIPSR, Okayama University, Japan

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Viruses of microbes

Specialisms: Fungal virus, dsRNA virus, RNA silencing, Neo-lifestyle

Kok Keng Tee

New Content ItemUniversity of Malaya, Malaysia 

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Retroviruses

Specialisms: Human immunodeficiency virus, Respiratory viruses
 

Tian Wang

New Content ItemUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, United States of America

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Emerging viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Specialisms: RNA viruses, Host Immunity, Neuropathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Antiviral agents

Manfred Weidmann

New Content ItemInstitute of Microbiology and Virology, Brandenburg Medical School, Germany

Research website

ORCID profile

Sections: Negative-strand RNA viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Specialisms: Mobile Molecular Diagnostics, Arboviruses, Molecular Epidemiology of viruses, Aquaculture viruses

Feng Wen

New Content ItemFoshan University, China

Research website

ORCID profile

Section: Clinical Virology

Specialisms: Emerging viruses, Influenza viruses, Veterinary RNA viruses

Yanjin Zhang

New Content ItemUniversity of Maryland, United States of America

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ORCID profile
 

Sections: Positive-strand RNA viruses, Veterinary DNA viruses, Veterinary RNA viruses

Specialisms: Virology, Viral pathogenesis, Virus-cell interactions, Innate immunity, Vaccine, Antiviral drugs

Chunfu Zheng

New Content ItemUniversity of Calgary, Canada

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Herpes viruses, Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae), Herpes viruses

Specialisms: Virus-host interaction, Innate immunity, Immune evasion, Innate immune signaling pathway, Regulation, PRR, PAMP
 

Fanxiu Zhu

New Content ItemFlorida State University, United States of America

Research website

ORCID profile
 

Sections: Herpes viruses

Specialisms: KSHV, Herpesvirus, Innate immunity 

Guillaume Carissimo, Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Infectious Diseases Labs, Singapore
Section: Emerging Viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Anna Eis-Hübinger, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Germany
Sections: Clinical virology

Tuck-Weng Kok, University of Adelaide, Australia
Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses, Influenza viruses, Retroviruses

Susanna Lau, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses, Veterinary RNA viruses

Martin Linster, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Sections: Clinical virology, Influenza viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Hayes Luk, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sections: Clinical virology

David McGivern, University of North Carolina, USA
Sections: Hepatitis viruses

Scott Michael, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
Sections: Clinical virology, Positive-strand RNA viruses, Viruses of microbes

Francesco Negro, University Hospitals Geneva: Hopitaux Universitaires Geneve, Switzerland
Sections: Hepatitus viruses

Hong Tang, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Sections: Clinical virology, Hepatitis viruses, Retroviruses

Samuel Workenhe, McMaster University, Canada
Sections: Clinical virology, Emerging viruses, Herpes viruses, Influenza viruses, Veterinary DNA viruses, Veterinary RNA viruses

Hung-Chih Yang, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan
Sections: Clinical virology, Influenza viruses, Retroviruses

Tetsuro Ikegami, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Sections: Emerging viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses

Kui Li, University of Tennessee, USA
Sections: Emerging viruses, Hepatitis viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

João R. Mesquita, University of Porto, Portugal
Sections: Emerging viruses, Hepatitis viruses, Influenza viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses, Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae), Positive-strand RNA viruses, Veterinary RNA viruses

Chris Mok, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sections: Emerging viruses, Influenza viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Zhengli Shi, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS, China
Sections: Emerging viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses

Jin Zhong, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Emerging viruses, Hepatitis viruses

Zongdi Feng, Ohio State University, USA
Sections: Hepatitis viruses

Haitao Guo, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Sections: Hepatitis viruses, Other viruses (e.g. pox, papilloma, parvo, reoviridae)

Jee-Fu Huang, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Sections: Hepatitis viruses

Mei-Hsuan Lee, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Sections: Hepatitis viruses

Michael Robek, Albany Medical College, USA
Sections: Hepatitis viruses

Dirk Dittmer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sections: Herpes viruses

Ashlee Moses, Oregon Health Sciences University, USA
Sections: Herpes viruses

Lijun Rong, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Sections: Positive-strand RNA viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses

Peter Speck, Flinders University, Australia
Sections: Herpes viruses, Viruses of microbes

Linda van Dyk, University of Colorado, USA
Sections: Herpes viruses

Redmond Smyth, University of Strasbourg, France
Sections: Influenza viruses

Michelle Tate, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Sections: Influenza viruses

Jiyong Zhou, Zhejiang University, China
Sections: Influenza viruses, Negative-strand RNA viruses, Veterinary DNA viruses

Felicity Burt, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Free State, South Africa
Sections: Negative-strand RNA viruses, Positive-strand RNA viruses, Veterinary RNA viruses

Zhenghe Li, Zhejiang University, China
Sections: Negative-strand RNA viruses, Plant viruses

Shih-Shun Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Sections: Plant viruses

Prasad Paradkar, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Australia
Sections: Positive-strand RNA viruses

Kei Sato, University of Tokyo, Japan
Sections: Retroviruses

Kok-Keng Tee, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Sections: Retroviruses

Jian-Hua Wang, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Retroviruses

Janne Ravantti, University of Helsinki, Finland
Sections: Viruses of microbes

Michela Gambino, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark
Sections: Viruses of microbes

Robert Geraghty, University of Minnesota, USA

Taha Taha, Gladstone Institute of Virology, USA
Sections: Hepatitis viruses

FOUNDING EDITOR

Robert Garry, Tulane Medical School, USA