Celebrating 15 Successful Years

A Leader in the Field

Retrovirology is celebrating its fifteenth year as a leader in human and animal retrovirus research.

Over the last 15 years, the journal has been devoted to furthering the understanding of host-pathogen interactions, fundamental mechanisms of replication, immune defences, animal models, and clinical science relating to retroviruses.

There have been many changes over this period, and this is a perfect moment to reflect as the Editors-in-Chief Prof Johnson Mak and Prof Susan Ross look to the next fifteen years. Here, we look back at just some of the journal's highlights and milestones.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

A fond look back, and forwards, with the Editors. Fifteen years ago, Retrovirology was amongst the first open-access journals to be established through Biomed Central by our late Founding Editor, Kuan-Teh Jeang.

Join us as we look at some of the many journal highlights and our vision for the next fifteen years (and beyond!) we begin our next chapter, as we continue to evolve and adapt so that it continues to provide a unique specialist forum for this fascinating branch of science and medicine.

Editors' Picks: Reviews

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After fifteen years, Retrovirology has published a lot of great quality articles - choosing just some of the best content was always never going to be an easy task. Here, our Editors have selected some of their favourite reviews that have been published by Retrovirology over the last 15 years, which they feel represents the best of the journal so far:

Digital PCR as a tool to measure HIV persistence

Multifaceted functions and roles of HBZ in HTLV-1 pathogenesis

HIV-I Vif, APOBEC, and intrinsic immunity

The discovery of endogenous retroviruses

Discovery of adult T-cell leukemia

The HBZ gene, a key player in HTLV-1 pathogenesis

HIV drug resistance against strand transfer integrase inhibitors

Editors' Picks: Research

New Content Item After fifteen years, Retrovirology has published a lot of great quality articles - choosing just some of the best content was always never going to be an easy task. Here, our Editors have selected some of their favourite articles that have been published by Retrovirology over the last 15 years, which they feel represents the best of the journal so far:

SAMHD1 restricts HIV-1 reverse transcription in quiescent CD4(+) T-cells

An Endogenous Murine Leukemia Viral Genome Contaminant in a Commercial RT-PCR Kit is Amplified Using Standard Primers for XMRV

TRIM5a selectively binds a restriction-sensitive retroviral capsid

The CRISPR/Cas9 system inactivates latent HIV-1 proviral DNA

Identification, characterization, and comparative genomic distribution of the HERV-K (HML-2) group of human endogenous retroviruses

HIV-1 infection and CD4 T cell depletion in the humanized Rag2(-/-)gamma c(-/-) (RAG-hu) mouse model

Discovery of a new human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-3) in Central Africa

Classification and characterization of human endogenous retroviruses; mosaic forms are common