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World Journal of Virology (WJV, World J Virol) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of virology. The types of articles published in WJV include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJV is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>
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World J Virol
15(1):116492.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.116492
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Received: 11/12/2025
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Dibya Lochan Praharaj, Suprabhat Giri, Anil Chandra Anand, Bipadabhanjan Mallick, Preetam Nath, Saroj Kanta Sahu, Bramhadatta Pattnaik, Subrat Kumar Acharya, Yogesh Kumar Chawla
World J Virol
15(1):114321.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.114321
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Received: 09/17/2025
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Subashchandrabose Varatharajan, Sathiamoorthy Krishnasai, Chandrashekaran Girish
World J Virol
15(1):116055.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.116055
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Received: 11/01/2025
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Jelena S Jadzic, Andreja B Baljozovic, Ljubica D Simic
World J Virol
15(1):118225.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118225
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Received: 12/26/2025
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Nermin K Saeed, Yousif M Elbeltagi, Mohammed Al-Beltagi
World J Virol
15(1):118362.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118362
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Received: 12/30/2025
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Minireviews
Praveen Kumar Uppala, Sita Kumari Karanam, Naga Vishnu Kandra, Sandhya Edhi
World J Virol
15(1):115210.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.115210
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Received: 10/10/2025
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Salma Younas, Soha Farooq, Sweta Sahu, Rhobi Peter Mwita, Öner Özdemir
World J Virol
15(1):116939.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.116939
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Received: 11/24/2025
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Aneel Madhwani, Muhammad Qasim Chaudhry, Jamal Ara Rabbani, Wasila Gul Kakar, Syedda Ayesha, Shahab Abid
World J Virol
15(1):117008.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.117008
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Matteo Capobianco, Francesco Cappellani, Federico Visalli, Alessandro Avitabile, Giuseppe Gagliano, Simonetta Gaia Nicolosi, Marieme Khouyyi, Fabiana D’Esposito, Caterina Gagliano, Marco Zeppieri
World J Virol
15(1):117124.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.117124
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Received: 11/28/2025
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Accepted: 02/05/2026
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Abdellatif Bouayad
World J Virol
15(1):117643.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.117643
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Received: 12/11/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Evolution of tracheostomy practices after the COVID-19 pandemic: The fast lane in the post-COVID era 
Stephens Griner, Sabrina Elliott, Dimitrios Giannis, Camille Mai-Phuong Tran Quang, Kellyann Inniss, Andrew Miele, Martine A Louis, Nageswara R Mandava
World J Virol
15(1):118274.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118274
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Received: 12/27/2025
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Retrospective Study
Hong-Wei Chang, Wei Yang, Long Yu, Da-Wei Gao, Feng Zhang, Zhi-Chao Chen, Bei-Lei Chen, Li-Mei Zhang, Rui Zhu, Qin Zhang, Zhao-Yang Li, Jian-Guo Rao
World J Virol
15(1):118988.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118988
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Received: 01/20/2026
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Observational Study
Harpreet Kaur, Shilpa Arora, Vishal Sharma, Kirandeep Kaur, Shivani Kamboj
World J Virol
15(1):118602.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118602
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Received: 01/06/2026
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Prospective Study
Shree V Dhotre, Mangala P Ghatole, Pradnya S Dhotre, Virendra A Kashetty, Basavraj S Nagoba
World J Virol
15(1):117079.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.117079
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Received: 11/27/2025
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Accepted: 02/04/2026
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Meta-Analysis
Ibrahim Ahmed El-Imam, Upendo Kayeke Chenya, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Timothy Antipas Peter, Beatrice Kelvin Mpimo, Nicaise Ndembi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Haji Mbwana Ally, Sanad Wael Dababneh, Habib Omari Ramadhani
World J Virol
15(1):114375.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.114375
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Received: 09/17/2025
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Accepted: 12/24/2025
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Mudra Sikenis, Bhavna Prajapati, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Tarun Patil, Vikas Yadav, Surya Singh, Mayank Gangwar, Vishal Diwan, Uday Kumar Mandal, Debasis Biswas, Shashwati Nema, Rajnarayan R Tiwari, Pradyumna Kumar Mishra, Pushpendra Singh, Irfan F Corovic, Ram Kumar Nema
World J Virol
15(1):118273.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118273
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Received: 12/31/2025
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Letter to the Editor
Agastya Mittal, Hunter J Hutchinson, Brandon P Lucke-Wold
World J Virol
15(1):117651.
Published online Mar 25, 2026.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.117651
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Received: 12/11/2025
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