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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 5h

🧪 Antiviral Natural Formulations: Biopolymeric Films for Viral Prevention and Treatment Chitosan-coupled fucoidan films show broad antiviral activity against bovine coronavirus, adenovirus, poliovirus, HSV, and RSV — and are non-cytotoxic. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17... #Antivirals #Biopolymers

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 6h

🧠 High Frequency of HHV-7 Reactivation in Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Long COVID HHV-7 positivity was 76.7% in a long COVID cohort vs 29.1% pre-COVID — hypothesis-generating evidence for HHV-7 in post-viral neuropsychiatric illness. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18... #LongCOVID #HHV7

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 7h

💉 New Special Issue: Long-Acting #PrEP and #HIV Prevention Guest Editor: Dr. Diego Ripamonti (Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo) Covering cabotegravir, lenacapavir, real-world efficacy, adherence, barriers & implementation. Deadline: 6 May 2027 🔗 www.mdpi.com/journal/viru...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🧬Brincidofovir inhibits #pseudorabies virus by disrupting viral replication Screening 2,104 FDA drugs identified brincidofovir, which gave 100% protection in mice challenged with a lethal human-origin PRV strain. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16... #PRV #Antivirals

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

👶 New Special Issue in Viruses: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human #Viral Infections Edited by Dr. Kiyonori Miura and Dr. Kazuo Itabashi. Covering HIV, #CMV, HBV, HTLV-1, HSV, and #Zika — screening, vaccines, and prevention. Deadline: 31 May 2027 🔗 www.mdpi.com/journal/viru...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🐖 New & Highly Accessed in Viruses: PBMC Transcriptomics in PRRS How PBMC transcriptomes reveal drivers of resistance and tolerance to PRRSV — including the first CD163 gene-edited PRRSV-resistant pig line. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18... #PRRSV

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🏆 Final call: Tu Youyou Award nominations close 31 October 2026. Recognising outstanding researchers in natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry — CHF 100,000, a medal, and a certificate. Nominate here: tuyouyouprize.org/nomination/f... #TuYouyouAward #NaturalProducts

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🦠 Highly cited Viewpoint in Viruses: High Rates of Miscarriage and Stillbirth among Pregnant Women with Clade I #Mpox — Confirmed in the 2023–2024 DR Congo Outbreak Clade I MPXV can infect placenta and fetus, causing congenital infection and fetal loss. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16... #Pregnancy

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🦟 AMPK-Orchestrated Metabolic Reprogramming in Some #Flavivirus Infections How #AMPK balances lipid metabolism, autophagy, mitochondrial dynamics, and innate immunity during #dengue, #Zika, WNV, JEV, and YFV infection — and its therapeutic potential. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🧬 Welcome to our new Guest Editor! Dr. Helder I. Nakaya (USP / Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein) joins Viruses to lead a Special Issue on Systems Immunology of Viral Infections. Now open for submissions — deadline 28 Feb 2027. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #Virology #SystemsImmunology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

📢 New announcement in Viruses: Highly Cited Papers Published in 2025 — "Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals" Section 15 top-cited papers covering mpox, dengue, HIV, SARS-CoV-2, RSV, HPV, chikungunya, and more. 👉Read the list: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #Virology #OpenAccess

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🩸Mechanisms of Thromboinflammation in Viral Infections How dengue, chikungunya, influenza, and SARS-CoV trigger platelet activation, coagulation, and endothelial dysfunction — and when this tips into DIC and multi-organ failure. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17... #Virology #Thromboinflammation

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🧬 New & Highly Accessed in Viruses: #Partitivirus-like RdRPs in the Brevipalpus yothersi genome reveal viral-to-arthropod horizontal gene transfer — a rare case of viral gene domestication in a plant-virus vector mite. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18... #Virology #HGT

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations, Jaume! 🎉 Proud to support early-career researchers through our travel awards. Applications for the next round are open — details here: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A Critical Review of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus: Host Plasticity and Potential Spillover Events Phylogenetic analysis of 146 BVDV sequences from 12 mammal species and 55 countries reveals cross-species and cross-border transmission signals. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17... #BVDV #VeterinaryVirology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Arg18 Substitutions Reveal the Capacity of the HIV-1 Capsid Protein for Non-Fullerene Assembly Arg18 coordinates IP6 and enables dNTP passage — and also shapes capsid architecture, supporting octahedral-like facets within a fullerene shell. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16... #HIV #CryoEM

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🐄 A Systematic Study of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus Co-Infection with Other Pathogens How BVDV co-infections with viruses, bacteria, and parasites drive more severe disease — plus a BVDV Co-infection Impact Map. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17... #BVDV #VeterinaryVirology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧠 New in Viruses — a Highly Accessed review: #Nipah Virus: A Neurotropic #Zoonosis From molecular biology to neuropathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and translational advances — covering how NiV invades the CNS and current vaccine/therapeutic efforts. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧬 Special Issue now complete — 10 papers published! Viral Strategies and Cellular Countermeasures That Regulate mRNA Access to the Translation Apparatus: 2nd Edition Edited by Dr. Christopher U. T. Hellen. 👉Read the collection: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #Virology #Translation #RNA

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌱 Welcome to our new Associate Editor! Prof. Dr. Yongliang Zhang (China Agricultural University) joins Viruses as Associate Editor of the "Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa" Section. Read his interview: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #PlantVirology #Virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🦠 Welcome to our new Guest Editor! Dr. Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera joins Viruses to lead a Special Issue on MERS-CoV: Pathogenesis, Immunity, Vaccines, and Therapeutics. Now open for submissions — deadline 15 Dec 2027. 👉 www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #MERS #Coronavirus #Virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🧬 Highly cited in Viruses: Self-Amplifying RNA: Advantages and Challenges for Vaccine Development saRNA boosts antigen expression at lower doses than mRNA — this review covers its promise, its limitations, and strategies to move forward. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17... #saRNA #Vaccines

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can bovine leukemia virus (BLV) affect human cells? This Highly Accessed Viruses paper profiles the transcriptome of BLV-infected 293T, MCF7, and HeLa cells — and pinpoints EFEMP1 and LXN as novel apoptosis-associated factors. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18... #Virology #OneHealth

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🦇 Bats as Viral Reservoirs: From Discovery to Pandemic Preparedness Edited by Prof. Patrick C.Y. Woo and Prof. Susanna K.P. Lau, this special issue covers bat virus discovery, interspecies transmission, and pandemic preparedness. Submit here: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #Virology #Bats #Zoonoses

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

👉Case report in Viruses: a severely burned patient with relapsing XDR P. aeruginosa VAP & bacteremia was successfully treated with personalized nebulized + IV phage therapy, combined with IFN-γ and imipenem-relebactam. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16... #PhageTherapy #AMR

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🧠 Editor’s Choice in Viruses: HSV‑1 redirects paraspeckle proteins to viral replication compartments in human neuronal cells, linking NONO and SFPQ to viral permissiveness. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18... #HSV1 #Neurovirology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🧬 Call for papers: Viruses Special Issue “Genome Packaging and Assembly in RNA Viruses”, edited by Dr. Akhil Chameettachal and Dr. Wei-Shau Hu. Deadline: 30 September 2027 www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #RNAViruses #Virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🔬 Review in Viruses: Structural virology helps guide the rational development of antivirals, vaccines and antibodies by revealing viral proteins and replication machinery at high resolution. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17... #StructuralVirology #Antivirals

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🦆 In Viruses: NS1-F161L is identified as a key virulence marker of H5N6 avian influenza virus in ducks, with implications for H5 AIV surveillance and risk assessment. 👇 www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18... #AvianInfluenza #H5N6

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🦠 Meet Dr. Hin Chu, new Associate Editor for the Coronaviruses Section of Viruses. He shares his perspective on coronavirus pathogenesis, virus–host interactions, emerging threats and future preparedness. 👇 www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #Coronaviruses #Virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🧬 Final call: Viruses Special Issue “Viruses in the Reproductive Tract”, edited by Dr. Mimi Ghosh, Dr. Raina Nakova Fichorova & Dr. Christina Farr. Already featuring 9 papers. Submit by 30 September 2026: 👇 www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #ReproductiveHealth #Virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🔬 Call for papers in Viruses: “Molecular and Serology Detection, Antibody Response and Epidemiology of Emerging and Re‑Emerging Viral Pathogens Deadline: 30 April 2027 Guest Editor: Dr. Daniele Lapa 👉https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/special_issues/90YH94152V #EmergingViruses #Virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🌊 Review in Viruses: Marine bacteriophages may offer new tools against antimicrobial resistance through phage therapy, phage–antibiotic synergy and phage-derived enzymes. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17... #PhageTherapy #AMR

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🐷 Meet Prof. Dr. Wentao Li, new Associate Editor for the Animal Viruses Section of Viruses. He shares his vision for animal virology, emerging viruses, AI-enabled research and One Health. 👉Interview: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru... #AnimalVirology #OneHealth

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🧬 Particular interest in Viruses: a new review on endogenous and CRISPR-based approaches to target nuclear #HBV cccDNA for degradation, aiming at a functional cure for chronic #hepatitis B. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🧫 Viruses is proud to sponsor the XIII Simpósio de Microbiologia da UFMG: Saúde Planetária, focusing on the role of #microbiology in human, animal and environmental health. 23–25 September 2026 · Belo Horizonte, Brazil 👉Info & registration: www.even3.com.br/e/xiii-simpo...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🧬 Highly cited review in #Viruses on human #oncogenic viruses and prevention strategies, with a special focus on #HPV and vaccination to reduce HPV‑related #cancers. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🐷 We welcome Prof. Dr. Wentao Li (Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China) as a new Associate Editor in the #AnimalViruses section of Viruses. His expertise covers #virology, #ASFV, emerging #viruses and #coronaviruses. 👉Editorial Board: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📚 What are the most cited papers in Viruses? Explore our Most Cited Articles page, featuring highly cited research and reviews covering HPV, West Nile virus, mpox, bacteriophages, HIV, hepatitis C & more. 🔗 mdpi.com/journal/viru... #Virology #VirusResearch

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🌸 Particular interest in #Viruses: HTS of dahlia #plants reveals mixed infections with known viruses and several novel viruses, including Dahlia #potyvirus 1 (DaPoV1) and Dahlia #miraophiovirus 1 (DaMV1), expanding the known dahlia #virome. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🐖 Viruses – Animal #Viruses Section We welcome Prof. Guihong Zhang (South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China) to the Editorial Board, bringing expertise in clinical diagnosis and molecular biology of pig diseases, including #ASFV and #PRRSV. 👉Full Editorial Board: tinyurl.com/ycxw2wj9

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🦠 Highly cited in Viruses: “The Influenza A Virus Replication Cycle: A Comprehensive Review” summarises the replication cycle of influenza A virus and highlights stages that may serve as new antiviral targets beyond current therapies. 👉More: www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16... #Influenza #Flu #Virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📚 The Application of Viruses to Biotechnology 2022 9 contributions exploring how viruses can be used in biotechnology—from gene therapy and vaccines to agriculture and nanotechnology. Edited by Carla Varanda&Patrick Materatski Read it free as a PDF or order a hard copy: www.mdpi.com/books/reprin...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🧬 Viruses highlights 6 #Cover Articles from the first half of 2026, spanning antiviral targets, viral replication, metabolism, structural biology & host–virus interactions. 👉Explore the featured research: mdpi.com/about/announ... #coverstory #virology #viruses

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🍅 Particular interest in Viruses: #CIDER‑Seq reveals a New World #begomovirus–alphasatellite complex associated with #tomato leaf curl disease in Morelos, Mexico, with mixed infections of ToGMoV, ToSLCV, ToChLPV and tomato‑associated alphasatellites. 👉Read more: www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🤝 We’re proud to collaborate with #virology #societies around the world! A big thank you to our affiliated societies for their continued support. Check the full list of societies and discover the benefits available to members, including APC discounts: www.mdpi.com/journal/viru...

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🦠 13 highly cited papers in bacteriophage research! Explore our 2025 selection from the “Bacterial Viruses” Section of Viruses, covering phage therapy, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, plant disease control & more. 🔬 👉https://mdpi.com/about/announcements/18132 #Bacteriophages #virology

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Viruses Travel Award 2026 PhD students & postdocs planning to present their research at an international virology conference in 2027. 🏆 2 winners | CHF 800 + certificate 📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2026 📢 Winners announced by 31 Jan 2027 👉 Apply: mdpi.com/journal/viru... #award #viruses

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Latest cover story: A Vpr-based FRET substrate is used to visualize HIV‑1 protease activation and rapid substrate cleavage in single virions, revealing delayed/suppressed PR activation at the ventral membrane and its role in HIV‑1 maturation. Article: tinyurl.com/3cxvrjrt Issue: tinyurl.com/bdwnvttw

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Viruses MDPI @virusesmdpi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🦠 Interested in translational virology? The 2026 Global Virus Network (GVN) Short Course in Translational Virology brings together leading experts for 10 days of lectures, discussions, networking and career development. 👉Register: gvn.org/gvn-short-co... #Virology #TranslationalVirology #GVN

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