Virology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy. Journal of Virology & Antiviral Research is an international, open access, peer reviewed, scholarly journal which considers manuscripts on all aspects of viruses. All articles on human, animal, insect, plant, and bacterial and fungal viruses are considered. Journal of virology & antiviral research is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal for the discovery and development of antiviral drugs.