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Recognition of Arboviruses by the Arthropod Immune System

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Dr. Isabelle Dietrich Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) pose a significant The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright threat to human and animal health. Many arboviruses are GU24 0NF, UK emerging or re-emerging globally, and some are zoonotic. isabelle.dietrich@ pirbright.ac.uk They are transmitted by the bite of a mosquito, sandfly, biting midge, or tick between humans or animals, where infection Dr. Claudia Rueckert Department of and causes often mild but sometimes severe disease and death. Molecular Biology, University of In the absence of effective vaccines for most arboviruses, Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA research efforts have focused on blocking viral replication [email protected] and transmission at the stage of the arthropod host. The recent publication of genome sequences for the most medically important arthropod species has enabled us to Deadline for begin to understand how arboviruses are recognized by the manuscript submissions: arthropod immune system and which molecular pathways 31 July 2021 are essential for or detrimental to arbovirus replication in the invertebrate host and onward transmission. Considerable progress in the field of arbovirus–host interactions has been made. However, the complexity of how arboviruses interact with their hosts, with each other, and with the arthropod microbiota under varying environmental conditions and in different arthropod genetic backgrounds demands further investigation into this field. Such knowledge will help identify new avenues for the prevention of arbovirus transmission and spread. For this Special Issue, we thus invite the submission of original research papers and reviews covering all aspects of immune recognition of arboviruses by their arthropod hosts, including both viral and host factors that define their interaction. mdpi.com/si/49875 SpecialIssue RACE OR CITESCORE IMAC 6.20 biology ACOR SCOPUS an Open Access Journal by MDPI

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