title: Coronaviruses: emerging and re-emerging pathogens in humans and animals.
abstract: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and recently emerged Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) epidemics have proven the ability of coronaviruses to cross species barrier and emerge rapidly in humans. Other coronaviruses such as porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) are also known to cause major disease epidemics in animals with huge economic loss. This special issue in Virology Journal aims to highlight the advances and key discoveries in the animal origin, viral evolution, epidemiology, diagnostics and pathogenesis of the emerging and re-emerging coronaviruses in both humans and animals.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hkucc.hku.hk.|Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hkucc.hku.hk.|Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hkucc.hku.hk.|Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hkucc.hku.hk.
authors.forename: Susanna K P
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.|Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.|Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.|Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Jasper F W
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D003332:Coronaviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology