Virus Research is a broad-scope and inclusive journal which provides a means for fast publication of original research papers in the field of virology. We deal with viroids and all kinds of viruses, whether they infect bacteria, fungi, plants, animals or humans, and all aspects of virology, from molecular virology to structural biology, from pathogenesis to virus evolution, from theoretical drug development to drug-resistance, from host restriction factors to the interaction with the immune system, but also clinical and epidemiological virology papers may be submitted to Virus Research. The journal also publishes review articles on topics of current interest, special issues focused on a defined subject, and occasional book reviews, editorials and meeting reports. These articles should be composed by experts in the field and provide a critical review of the field or a novel perspective.

original papers
Research articles
Short communications
Review articles

Editor-in-Chief
Ben Berkhout
Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, K3-110, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email Ben Berkhout
Editors
RNA Viruses and Virus Evolution
Dr. Esteban Domingo
Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain Email Dr. Esteban Domingo
RNA Viruses and Virus-Host Interaction
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Ph D.
Department of Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA Email Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Ph D.
DNA Viruses
Dr. Lori Frappier
Dept. of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 661 University Ave, Suite 1600, Toronto, M5G 1M1, Ontario, Canada Email Dr. Lori Frappier
Dr. Xiang-Jin Meng, MD, PhD
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1981 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA Email Dr. Xiang-Jin Meng, MD, PhD
Plant and Fungal Viruses
Nobuhiro Suzuki, PhD
Inst. of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Chuou 2-20-1, Kurashiki, , 710-0046, Okayama, Japan Email Nobuhiro Suzuki, PhD
RNA Viruses, Immune Responses, and Virus-Host Interaction
Dr. Volker Thiel
Inst. of Virology and Immunology, Vetsuisse Faculty, Universität Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland Email Dr. Volker Thiel
Founding Editor
Professor B.W.J. Mahy
Editorial Board
F. Almazan, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Dr. C. Alonso
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria INIA, Madrid, Spain
Dr. W. Atwood
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
L. Banks
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy
Professor A.D.T. Barrett
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Dr. M. Beer
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Dr. N. Beerenwinkel
ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. S-E Behrens
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
Dr. M. Borca
United States Department of Agriculture USDA), Greenport, New York, USA
Professor M Brinton
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dr. W. Britt
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Dr. I-R. Choi
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Metro Manila, Philippines
Dr. R.W. Compans
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
R.C. Condit
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Dr. K. Conzelmann
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
Dr. R.J. de Groot
Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
R.L. de Swart
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Professor U. Desselberger
University of Cambridge (Addenbrooke's Hospital), Cambrdige, UK
R. Dijkman
University of Bern, Switzerland
Professor W. Doerfler
Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
Dr. J.H. Elder
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
Dr. K. Faaberg
United States Department of Agriculture USDA), Ames, Iowa, USA
Dr. H. Feldmann
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, Montana, USA
Dr. B. Fleckenstein
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
R. Flores
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
P Fortes
Center for Applied Medical Research, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Professor R.A.M. Fouchier
Erasmus MC: Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
U. Garaigorta
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Dr. J.A. Garcia
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Professor V.J. García
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Dr. P Gastaminza
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Dr. A. Gatignol
McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
A.E. Gorbalenya
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
Dr. E. Gowans
University of Adelaide, Woodville South, Australia
Dr. D.E. Griffin
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dr. B.L. Haagmans
Erasmus MC: Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dr. R.N. Harty
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. M. Heise
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Dr. M. Ishikawa
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. S. Jameel
ICGEB - India, New Delhi, India
Dr. C. Jones
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Professor I. Jones
University of Reading, Reading, UK
Dr. A. Kajon
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquergue, New Mexico, USA
Dr. Y. Kawaguchi
The University of Tokyo, Minato-Ku, Japan
Dr. K.-H. Kim
Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, The Republic of Korea
Dr. P. Kinchington
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. E.J. Kremer
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
Dr. S. Kunz
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. K. Leppard
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
S.A. Lommel
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Dr. J.E. Ludert
Cinvestav, Mexico
Professor S. Makino
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Dr. A. Marcello
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy
E. Martínez-Salas
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
Dr. L. Martinez-Sobrido
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
Dr. C. Masuta
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Dr. M.G. Mateu
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dr. J. McCauley
The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Dr. J.A. Melero
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Dr. L. Menendez- Arias
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
Professor C. Meyers
Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. K. Mise
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Dr. P.S. Moore
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. I. Morgan
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Dr. M.P. Murtaugh
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Prof. Dr. H. Nauwynck
Universiteit Gent, Merelbeke, Belgium
Dr. K. Ohshima
Saga University, Honjo-machi, Japan
Dr. D.A. Ornelles
Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Dr. F.A. Osorio
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Dr. N. Osterrieder
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Dr. V. Pallas
CSIC - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Dr. P. Palukaitis
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, UK
Dr. A.O. Pasternak
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M. Peeters
INSERM and University of Montpellier, France
Dr. P. Pellett
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Dr. C. Perales
Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Dr. S. Perlman
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
T. Pietschmann
TWINCORE Centre for Experimental Infection Research, Hannover, Germany
Assoc. Professor A. Plyusnin
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
D. Poncet
Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, Paris, France
Dr. R. Ray
St. Louis University Health Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Dr. J. Ridpath
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Ames, Iowa, USA
Dr. B. Rima
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
Dr. L. Roux
Université de Genève, Genève 4, Switzerland
Dr. P. Roy
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England, UK
Dr. L. Ruan
Chinese Center for Disease Control, Beijing, China
Dr. S. Samal
University of Maryland, USA
Professor J.T. Sample
Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. M.J. Sapp
Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
C.S. Schmaljohn
US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA
Dr. M. Schnell
Thomas Jefferson University, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. M. Schweizer
Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Dr. A.J. Sinclair
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, England, UK
Dr. B. Slagle
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Dr. E. Snijder
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
I. Sola
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, Spain
Dr. D.C. Stenger
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Parlier, California, USA
Dr. M.J. Studdert
University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
G. Tekes
University of Giessen,
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Giessen, Germany
M. Turina
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Torino, Italy
Dr. A.C. van der Kuyl
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Academisch Medisch Centrum (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dr. F. van Kuppeveld
Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Dr. C. van Lint
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Gosselies, Belgium
Professor M. Vignuzzi
Institut Pasteur, Paris cedex 15, France
Dr. V.G. Wilson
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Dr. D. Yoo
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Dr. S. Zuñiga
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
R. Züst
LABOR Spiez, Switzerland