Food and Environmental Virology publishes original articles, notes and review articles on any aspect relating to the transmission of pathogenic viruses via the environment (water, air, soil etc.) and foods. This includes epidemiological studies, identification of novel or emerging pathogens, methods of analysis or characterisation, studies on survival and elimination, and development of procedural controls for industrial processes, e.g. HACCP plans. The journal will cover all aspects of this important area, and encompass studies on any human, animal, and plant pathogenic virus which is capable of transmission via the environment or food.

Principal subject areas can be classed into four categories, as follows.

Current and Emerging Issues, for example:
Outbreak descriptions
Epidemiology
Elucidation of routes of transmission
Environmental transmission of non-enteric viruses
Novel and / or emerging viruses, including zoonotic viruses
Viruses in water treatment plants

Analytical Methods, for example:
Detection methods for waterborne viruses
Detection methods for foodborne viruses
Detection methods for airborne viruses
New methods for sample treatment
Validation of methods
Application of methods (e.g. virus prevalence in food and the environment)

Data Analysis, for example:
New systems
Risk Assessment
Modular process risk models

Control of viruses, for example:
Structural stability of viruses
Survival in the environment and foods
Transport of viruses through soils
Elimination procedures for food and environmental application
Evaluation of current and novel industrial disinfection processes
Procedural controls, e.g. HACCP
Personal protective efforts, e.g. hand hygiene, and antisepsis

Editor-in-Chief:
Professor Albert Bosch, University of Barcelona (Spain)
Associate Editors:
Dr. Sabah Bidawid, Health Canada
Professor Jennifer Cannon, University of Georgia (USA)
Dr. Nigel Cook, The Food and Environment Research Agency (UK)
Professor Maureen Taylor, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Dr. Jan Vinje, Centers for Disease Control (USA)
Editorial Board:
Professor Rakesh Aggarwal, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (India)
Dr. Mohammad Alotaibi, Kuwait Institution for Scientific Research (Kuwait)
Professor Annalaura Carducci, University of Pisa (Italy)
Dr. Theresa Cromeans, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
Dr. Shay Fout, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
Professor Christophe Gantzer, University of Nancy (France)
Professor Charles Gerba, University of Arizona (USA)
Professor Rosina Girones, University of Barcelona (Spain)
Professor Sagar Goyal, University of Minnesota (USA)
Dr. Grant Hansman, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan)
Dr. Lee Ann Jaykus, North Carolina State University (USA)
Dr. David Kingsley, Delaware State University (USA)
Dr. Leena Maunula, University of Helsinki (Finland)
Dr. Christine Moe, Emory University (USA)
Dr. Abidelfatah Nasser, Beit-Berl College (Israel)
Dr. Tamas Petrovic, Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad" (Serbia)
Professor William Rawlinson, The Prince of Wales Hospital (Australia)
Dr. Gary Richards, United States Department of Agriculture (USA)
Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro, University of Burgos (Spain)
Dr. Artur Rzezutka, National Veterinary Research Institute (Poland)
Dr. Juan Carlos Sáiz, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agraria (Spain)
Dr. Gloria Sanchez, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) and Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), (Spain)
Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis, University of Patras (Greece)
Dr. Peter Wyn-Jones, University of Aberystwyth (UK)