PART OF IntechOpen Book Series: Infectious Diseases
ISSN 2631-6188
Research Topic on Viral Infectious Diseases - always open for submissions, with an Annual Volume published each calendar year with a dedicated ISSN and ISBN.
Led by Topic Editor Prof. Shailendra K. Saxena and an international Editorial Board, all submissions are peer-reviewed and published immediately after acceptance.
King George's Medical University,
India
Professor Dr. Shailendra K. Saxena is a vice dean and professor at King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India. His research interests involve understanding the molecular mechanisms of host defense during human viral infections and developing new predictive, preventive, and therapeutic strategies for them using Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), HIV, and emerging viruses as a model via stem cell and cell culture technologies. His research work has been published in various high-impact-factor journals. He has received many awards and honors in India and abroad, including various Young Scientist Awards, BBSRC India Partnering Award, and Dr. JC Bose National Award of the Department of Biotechnology, Min. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Dr. Saxena is a fellow of various prestigious international societies/academies including the Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom; Royal Society of Medicine, London; Royal Society of Biology, United Kingdom; Royal Society of Chemistry, London; and Academy of Translational Medicine Professionals, Austria. He was named a Global Leader in Science by The Scientist. He is also an international opinion leader/expert in the vaccination for Japanese encephalitis by IPIC (International Primary Immunodeficiency Congress )(UK).
Editorial Board
Grenoble Alpes University,
France
Umm al-Qura University,
Saudi Arabia
University of Zimbabwe,
Zimbabwe
Busitema University