The Open Virology Journal is an Open Access online journal which publishes research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, letters and guest edited single topic issues in all important areas of virology. The journal encourages submissions related to the following fields:

• Virus infections

  
  

• Current immunologic and epidemiologic approaches

  
  

• Emerging viruses

  
  

• Viral immunology

  
  

• Viruses and cancer

  
  

• Virus-host interactions

  
  

• Preventive and therapeutic vaccines

  
  

• Viral pathogenesis

  
  

• Antiviral strategies

  
  

• Studies of virus structure, composition, and genetics

  
  

• Animal models for viral diseases

  
  

• Engineering for viral resistance

  
  

The Open Virology Journal, a peer-reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on important developments in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality papers rapidly and making them freely available to researchers worldwide.