TY - BOOK ID - 134092872 TI - Animal model studies on viral infections AU - Tomoyuki Miura AU - Adachi, Akio AU - Miura, Tomoyuki PY - 2015 PB - Frontiers Media SA DB - UniCat KW - Microbiology. KW - Virus diseases KW - Virology KW - Pathogenesis. KW - Research. KW - viral replication KW - animal models KW - viral infections KW - anti-viral strategies KW - viral pathogenicity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134092872 AB - Understanding viral replication and pathogenicity properties in infected individuals is a major mission of animal virology. Animal models are essential to analyze the in vivo viral characteristics and to develop countermeasures against viruses. To fight against a wide variety of viruses, basic studies with specific and/ or common approaches are required. This Research Topic collects articles that describe studies on numerous virus species at various stages toward animal experiments: (i) description/evaluation/ new challenges of animal model studies; (ii) experimental material/methods for animal model studies; (iii) observations for upcoming animal model studies. Numbers of DNA and RNA viruses such as HHV-6, HPV, Ebola virus, HCV, dengue virus, HTLV-1, HIV-1, SIV, and measles virus are covered by this special issue consisting of original research, methods, review, mini-review, and opinion articles. All readers would understand, we believe and hope, that animal model studies are critical for current virology as always. ER -