Editorial overview: Viral pathogenesis: Strategies for virus survival — Acute versus persistent infections

Current Opinion in Virology 2017, 23:v

For a complete overview see the Issue

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2017.06.002

1879-6257/© 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.

The following papers are presented in this section:

• Ebel GD: Promiscuous viruses—how do viruses survive multiple unrelated hosts?Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:125–129.

• Lidsky PV, Andino R, Rouzine IM: Variability in viral pathogenesis: modeling the dynamic of acute and persistent infections. Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:120–124.

• Trobaugh DW, Klimstra WB: Alphaviruses suppress host immunity by preventing myeloid cell replication and antagonizing innate immune responses. Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:30–34.

• Knipe DM, Raja P, Lee J: Viral gene products actively promote latent infection by epigenetic silencing mechanisms. Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:68–74.

• Poirier EZ, Vignuzzi M: Virus population dynamics during infection. Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:82–87.

• Caviness K, Kuhn JH, Palacios G: Ebola virus persistence as a new focus in clinical research. Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:43–48.

• Randall RE, Griffin DE: Within host RNA virus persistence: mechanisms and consequences. Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:35–42.

• Menachery VD, Graham RL, Baric RS: Jumping species—a mechanism for coronavirus persistence and survival. Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:1–7.

• McCarthy MK, Morrison TE: Persistent RNA virus infections: do PAMPS drive chronic disease?Curr Opin Virol 2017, 23:8–15.