About this Research Topic
Access to hygienic food is an important factor in an individual’s life. In recent decades, contaminated foods have played an important role in the emergence of new human diseases. The majority of food-borne viral infections have been characterized by a spectrum of clinical presentations from diarrhea to neurological disorders. These diseases have a significant impact not only on human health but also on the economy and, in particular, the food industry. Food-borne viruses include human astrovirus (HAS), norovirus (NOV), human rotavirus (HRV), and hepatitis A and E viruses (HAV and HEV), which affect millions of people around the world each year. Other viruses can be transmitted through food, including the H5N1 avian influenza virus, adenoviruses, and the Nipah virus. With rapid economic developments, urbanization, and advances in food technology and processing, foods have to pass through several steps from farm to fork, which has increased the prevalence and transmission of food-borne pathogens, ultimately leading to recurrent and unpredictable disease outbreaks.
WHO and FAO have placed unknown viruses that could cause future epidemics or pandemics on their lists of top-priority pathogens. To predict and prepare for future potential outbreaks of food-borne diseases, more molecular and functional studies on animal and food-related viruses with pandemic potential are needed to predict and prepare for future outbreaks of food-borne diseases. Viral food safety concerns are common when harvesting natural foods like berries, green onions, meat, and milk. The nature of contamination depends on the production area and sewage contamination. Food processing, packaging, handling, and storage are key to preventing food-borne viral infections. Understanding contamination mechanisms and the viral-host interface is key to preventing food-borne diseases.
This research topic welcomes all types of manuscripts (reviews; commentaries; original research; case reports; etc) exploring food-borne viral diseases, including those focused on the origin, epidemiology, pathophysiology, food processing and handling, detection methods, and outbreaks. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
• Newly discovered viral agents of food-borne illness
• Molecular characterization and comparative genomic studies of food-borne viruses
• Virus-host interaction research (e.g., protein structural analysis, immune response proteomics, and transcriptomics)
• Effect of climate changes on food-borne pathogens
• Viral replication strategies and antiviral response by the host
• New developments in diagnosis, vaccine and antiviral drug development, and structure-aided drug discovery
• Epidemiological aspects of food-borne viruses
• Drivers and potential risk factors of food-borne viral infection
• One health and food safety
• Viral food-borne illness and human disasters - refugees and population displacement, famine, and war
WHO and FAO have placed unknown viruses that could cause future epidemics or pandemics on their lists of top-priority pathogens. To predict and prepare for future potential outbreaks of food-borne diseases, more molecular and functional studies on animal and food-related viruses with pandemic potential are needed to predict and prepare for future outbreaks of food-borne diseases. Viral food safety concerns are common when harvesting natural foods like berries, green onions, meat, and milk. The nature of contamination depends on the production area and sewage contamination. Food processing, packaging, handling, and storage are key to preventing food-borne viral infections. Understanding contamination mechanisms and the viral-host interface is key to preventing food-borne diseases.
This research topic welcomes all types of manuscripts (reviews; commentaries; original research; case reports; etc) exploring food-borne viral diseases, including those focused on the origin, epidemiology, pathophysiology, food processing and handling, detection methods, and outbreaks. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
• Newly discovered viral agents of food-borne illness
• Molecular characterization and comparative genomic studies of food-borne viruses
• Virus-host interaction research (e.g., protein structural analysis, immune response proteomics, and transcriptomics)
• Effect of climate changes on food-borne pathogens
• Viral replication strategies and antiviral response by the host
• New developments in diagnosis, vaccine and antiviral drug development, and structure-aided drug discovery
• Epidemiological aspects of food-borne viruses
• Drivers and potential risk factors of food-borne viral infection
• One health and food safety
• Viral food-borne illness and human disasters - refugees and population displacement, famine, and war
Keywords: Food borne viruses, Food borne outbreaks, Entero viruses
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