Vector-borne viral diseases (VBVDs) are defined viral diseases transmitted by vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks, lice, biting flies, and fleas. Some of VBVDs, such as Dengue fever, have long been present worldwide and some, such as West Nile meningoencephalitis, are re-emerging as global public health threats. Other important VBVDs include Japanese encephalitis, Chikungunya fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever, and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome. As a result of environmental changes and fast-paced globalization, many VBVDs pose increasing threats to human health and challenges to effective disease prevention and control. Combating VBVDs requires collective research efforts on basic research on the virus-host (vectors/mammals) interaction, pathogenic mechanisms and host immune responses, antiviral and vaccine development, transmission, epidemiology, and vector control.

In this special issue, we invite investigators to contribute original novel research articles as well as review articles on the following aspects of VBVDs. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Mechanisms of viral entry, replication, and egress
• Pathogenesis of VBVDs
• Host response to viral infection and mechanisms of immune evasion
• Antiviral and vaccine development
• Mechanisms of viral transmission
• Epidemiology of VBVDs
• Novel approaches for vector control
• Innovative methods/tools to study VBVDs

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/bmri/microbiology/vector/ according to the following timetable: