Virus and Immunity is a peer-reviewed open access journal published semi-annual online by Omniscient Pte. Ltd. The journal will publish excellent works of the integration of virology and immunology such as vaccine development, virus-related tumors, biomarkers, mechanisms of persistent infection and immune escape, infection and immunity for other virus-co-infection pathogens, etc. Original Research Article, Review, Report, Editorial, Communication and others are encouraged.

Aims and Scope

The elimination of smallpox by vaccine opened the immunology world. Since then, immunology and virology have made tremendous progress by influencing both. The most recent pandemic, the COVID-19 outbreak, has highlighted the need for the complementary roles of virology and immunology. The journal describes the new discoveries coming from the interaction of these two rapidly advancing fields as follows:

● Vaccine development, immunotherapy against virus infection
● Ab production against virus components, characterization of the neutralizing antibody and/or antibody-dependent enhancement
● CTL response against the virus and its involvement in immunopathogenesis
● Mechanisms of virus entry, phagocytosis, and autophagy
● Production of cytokine, chemokine, and matricellular proteins in virus infection
● Mechanisms of persistent infection (HTLV, HIV, Herpesvirus, etc.) and immune escape
● Immune deficiency, immunological abnormality, cytokine storm and tumorigenesis caused by the viruses
● Biomarkers, immune diagnosis of tropical infectious diseases, those associated with disasters and zoonotic infection (Influenza, Ebola, COVID-19, etc.)
● Molecular biological analysis of immune interaction between immune system and virus
● Virus-related tumors
● HBV/HCV infection, liver hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
● Infection and immunity for other virus-co-infection pathogens