Virus Research 171 ( 2013 ) v-viii

doi: 10.1016/S0168-1702(12)00496-0

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Virus Research

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The Editors and Publishers of Virus Research are very aware that the success of the journal is due in very large part to the many scientists and researchers who act as reviewers for the journal. We are extremely grateful and appreciative of this contribution they make to the journal. This year we would like to thank the following who all acted as reviewers for Virus Research during 2012:

List of Reviewers 2012

Adam P Geballe, United StatesAdama Diallo, AustriaAdolfo Garcia-Sastre, United StatesAdrian W Philbey, United KingdomAiming Wang, CanadaAkira Ono, United StatesAlain Servin, FranceAlan Barrett, United StatesAlan Belicha, United StatesAlbert Bosch, SpainAlbert Heim, GermanyAlberto Fraile-Ramos, SpainAlbrecht Von Brunn, GermanyAldo Venuti, ItalyAleem Siddiqui, United StatesAlessandra Pollice, ItalyAlex David Greenwood, GermanyAlex Olvera, SpainAlexander (Sasha) Gorbalenya, NetherlandsAlexander W Tarr, United KingdomAlexandre Leitao, PortugalAlexei D Zaberezhny, Russian FederationAli Mirazimi, SwedenAlice Inoue-Nagata, BrazilAlice Telesnitsky, United StatesAlicia Solorzano, United StatesAlison Sinclair, United KingdomAmy Vincent, United StatesAna Fernandez-Sesma, United StatesAna Marek, AustriaAna De Lourdes Martinelli, BrazilAnders Kvarnheden, SwedenAndreas Henke, GermanyAndreas Meyerhans, SpainAndreas Rang, GermanyAndrew Davidson, United KingdomAndrew Kropinski, CanadaAndrew Lever, United KingdomAndrew Mouland, CanadaAndrew D Yurochko, United StatesAndrew E Firth, United KingdomAndy Bell, United KingdomAngel Alonso, GermanyAngela Mexas, United States

Anice Lowen, United StatesAnjali Joshi, United StatesAnna Kramvis, South AfricaAnnamaria Pratelli, ItalyAnthony Richard Fooks, United KingdomAnthony V Nicola, United StatesAnthony N Van Den Pol, United StatesAntoinette Van Der Kuyl, NetherlandsAntonio Alcami, SpainAntonio Mas, SpainAntti Vaheri, FinlandArtur Summerfi eld, SwitzerlandArun Ammayappan, United StatesArun K Dhar, United StatesArvind Varsani, New ZealandAtze T Das, NetherlandsAyala L Rao, United StatesBalaji Manicassamy, United StatesBaoshan Chen, ChinaBarbara Broeker, GermanyBart Haagmans, NetherlandsBeata Hasiow-Jaroszewska, PolandBenjamin Stielow, NetherlandsBenoit Moury, FranceBernard Moss, United StatesBertus Karel Rima, United KingdomBetty Slagle, United StatesBill Halford, United StatesBoris Klempa, GermanyBracha Rager, IsraelBradley Blitvich, United StatesBrian J Geiss, United StatesBrigitte Biesinger, GermanyC Thomas Bock, GermanyCara Burns, United StatesCarine Tisne, FranceCarine Van Lint, BelgiumCarlos De Noronha, United StatesCarlos Martins, PortugalCarolyn A Wilson, United StatesCarsten Munk, GermanyCatherine S Adamson, United KingdomCecilio Lopez-Galindez, SpainCelia Perales, Spain

Charles Grose, United StatesCharles Rupprecht, United StatesCharles-Henri Lecellier, FranceChen Liang, CanadaCheng Kao, United StatesChristian Drosten, GermanyChristian Schwartz, FranceChristina Martin, United StatesChristine Webber, CanadaChristopher Aiken, United StatesChristopher Basler, United StatesChristopher AL Oura, Trinidad And TobagoChumporn Soowannayan, AustraliaCintia Prieto, SpainClara C Posthuma, NetherlandsClinton Jones, United StatesColleen Burge, United StatesColleen Beth Jonsson, United StatesConrad Martin Freuling, GermanyConsuelo Carrillo, United StatesCovadonga Alonso, SpainCraig Meyers, United StatesCraig McCormick, CanadaDaniel R Perez, United StatesDaniel Neal Streblow, United StatesDaniel L Rock, United StatesDaohong Jiang, ChinaDarren P Martin, South AfricaDave Speijer, NetherlandsDavid Bernard Boyle, AustraliaDavid Evans, CanadaDavid Ornelles, United StatesDavid Pintel, United StatesDavid Rooks, United KingdomDavid J Miller, United StatesDeepak Kumar Kaushik, IndiaDelphine M Muriaux, FranceDenis Archambault, CanadaDenis Fargette, FranceDennis Bamford, FinlandDennis Mccance, United StatesDick Hesse, United StatesDimitri Lavillette, FranceDing Xiang Liu, Singapore

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Dirk DittmerDirk Pfeiffer, United KingdomDirk Werling, United KingdomDohun Pyeon, United StatesDonald Nuss, United StatesDonghua Chen, United StatesDongwan Yoo, United StatesDrake Stenger, United StatesDuncan Richard Smith, ThailandEain Murphy, United StatesEd Mocarski, United StatesEduardo R Bejarano, SpainEdward M Campbell, United StatesEeva Vainio, FinlandEgbert Mundt, GermanyEike Steinmann, GermanyEl-Desouky Ammar, United StatesElena Govorkova, United StatesElena Karalova, ArmeniaElisabeth Herniou, FranceElsa B Damonte, ArgentinaEmanuela Noris, ItalyEmi E Nakayama, JapanEmmanuelle Muller, FranceEnric M Mateu, SpainEnrique Moriones, SpainEric Barklis, United StatesEric Bortz, United StatesEric B Carstens, CanadaEric Freed, United StatesEric James Gowans, AustraliaEric Jan, CanadaEric J Snijder, NetherlandsEric M Poeschla, United StatesErich R Mackow, United StatesErik Flemington, United StatesErkki Truve, EstoniaErle Robertson, United StatesErnst Peterhans, SwitzerlandEsteban Domingo, SpainEsther Blanco, SpainEve-Isabelle Pecheur, FranceF Murilo Zerbini, BrazilFabrizio Maggi, ItalyFatah Kashanchi, United StatesFelicity Burt, South AfricaFelipe Diaz-Griffero, United StatesFeray Alkan, TurkeyFernando Almazan, SpainFernando A Osorio, United StatesFernando Rodriguez, SpainFernando Garcia-Arenal, SpainFerran Josep Jori, FranceFrancesco Di Serio, ItalyFrancis Delpeyroux, FranceFrancisco Rodriguez, SpainFrancisco Sobrino, SpainFrancisco Javier Benavente, SpainFranco M Ruggeri, ItalyFrank Jenkins, United StatesFrank Kirchhoff, GermanyFred WangFrederick C Leung, ChinaFreidrich Grasser, GermanyFriedemann Weber, GermanyFumihiro Taguchi, JapanFusheng Tang, United StatesGabriella Campadelli-Fiume, ItalyGarry Sunter, United States

Gary H Cohen, United StatesGavin Thomson, South AfricaGeorge Belov, United StatesGeorge F Rohrmann, United StatesGerd Sutter, GermanyGerhard Dobler, GermanyGerman Andres, SpainGert Zimmer, SwitzerlandGiovanni Maga, ItalyGlyn Stanway, United KingdomGong Cheng, ChinaGraham Belsham, DenmarkGraham Hatfull, United StatesGreg Pari, United StatesGregor Meyers, GermanyGregory Chinchar, United StatesGuenther Keil, GermanyGuido Vanham, BelgiumGulsah Gabriel, GermanyGunter Fischer, GermanyGustavo F Palacios, United StatesGuus Rimmelzwaan, NetherlandsHajime Yaegashi, JapanHanchun Yang, ChinaHan-Chung Wu, TaiwanHans Wolfgang Ackermann, CanadaHans Netter, AustraliaHans J Maree, South AfricaHans J Nauwynck, BelgiumHans-Ulrich Bernard, United StatesHanu Pappu, United StatesHarald Von Melchner, GermanyHarry B Greenberg, United StatesHaru Takamatsu, United KingdomHeather Simmons, United StatesHeinrich Gottlinger, United StatesHelena Maier, United KingdomHenry Fechner, GermanyHerman Favoreel, BelgiumHideki Kondo, JapanHideki Takahashi, JapanHideki Tani, JapanHilda Montero, MexicoHiroaki Okamoto, JapanHiromitsu Moriyama, JapanHiroyasu Nakano, JapanHolger Jeske, GermanyHolly Popham, United StatesHugues De Rocquigny, FranceIain M Morgan, United KingdomIan M Jones, United KingdomIkuo Shoji, JapanIleana Quinto, ItalyIl-Ryong Choi, PhilippinesIndranil Dasgupta, IndiaIngo Drexler, GermanyInmaculada Galindo, SpainIsabel Sola, SpainIvan Ventoso, SpainIvan Hirsch, FranceIwan AT Schaap, GermanyJack T Stapleton, United StatesJacomine Krijnse-Locker, GermanyJaisri R Lingappa, United StatesJames Grasela, United StatesJames S Robertson, United KingdomJamil Saad, United StatesJan Balzarini, BelgiumJan Frederik Kreuze, Peru

Jason Bodily, United StatesJason Chen, United StatesJavier Dominguez, SpainJavier Martin, United KingdomJean D Dubuisson, FranceJean-Christophe Paillart, FranceJean-Francois Laliberte, CanadaJean-Luc Darlix, FranceJean-Michel Lett, United StatesJean-Pierre Frossard, United KingdomJean-Pierre Louboutin, United StatesJeff Sample, United StatesJeffrey Bergelson, United StatesJeffrey Wilusz, United StatesJennifer Slyker, United KingdomJens Kurreck, GermanyJeremy Thompson, United StatesJesus Navas-Castillo, SpainJianming Hu, United StatesJiann Hong, TaiwanJianxiang Wu, ChinaJimmy Kwang, SingaporeJiri Hejnar, Czech RepublicJishu Shi, United StatesJoaquim Segales, SpainJoel Rovnak, United StatesJohan Neyts, BelgiumJohann Sellner, SwitzerlandJohn Barr, United KingdomJohn Blaho, United StatesJohn Mclauchlan, United KingdomJohn Sinclair, United KingdomJohn Marston Taylor, United StatesJohn Walsh, United KingdomJohn Ziebuhr, GermanyJohn A Taylor, New ZealandJohn E Thomas, AustraliaJohn H Elder, United StatesJohnny He, United StatesJonathan P Stoye, United KingdomJordi Gomez, SpainJorg Kobarg, BrazilJose A Melero, SpainJose M Martínez Costas, SpainJose Manuel Jimenez, SpainJosep Quer, SpainJoseph Matthew Colacino, United StatesJoseph Mymryk, CanadaJuan Cristina, UruguayJuan C Ramirez, SpainJuan Antonio Garcia, SpainJuan-Carlos Saiz, SpainJudith G Levin, United StatesJulia Kydd, United KingdomJulia F Ridpath, United StatesJun Kobayashi, JapanJun-Zhi Wang, ChinaJurg Nuesch, GermanyJurgen Stech, GermanyJustin Chu, SingaporeKallaya Sritunyalucksana, ThailandKappei Kobayashi, JapanKari Airenne, FinlandKarim Essani, United StatesKarin M Musier-Forsyth, United StatesKarl-Klaus Conzelmann, GermanyKatalin A Hudak, CanadaKatherine R Spindler, United StatesKatherine L Seley-Radtke, United States

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Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, United StatesKatja Fink, SingaporeKay Suzanne Faaberg, United StatesKay Scheets, United StatesKazusato Ohshima, JapanKazuyuki Mise, JapanKeith William Jarosinski, United StatesKeith Leppard, United KingdomKelly Lager, United StatesKen Ishii, JapanKenji Nakahara, JapanKenji Ochiai, JapanKenneth Berns, United StatesKenneth Witwer, United StatesKentaro Yoshii, JapanKen-Taro Sekine, JapanKevin M Coombs, CanadaKevin Cooms, CanadaKlaus Strebel, United StatesKnut Falk, NorwayKook-Hyung Kim, Republic of KoreaKouichi Morita, JapanKris De Clercq, BelgiumKristen A Bernard, United StatesKristiina Makinen, FinlandKuan-Teh Jeang, United StatesKyoko Sawabe, JapanKyoung-Jin Yoon, United StatesLalit K Beura, United StatesLarry A Hanson, United StatesLaura Delgui, ArgentinaLaurent Andreoletti, FranceLawrence Banks, ItalyLawrence Kleiman, CanadaLeigh Owens, AustraliaLeonard Mindich, United StatesLeonard H Evans, United StatesLia Van Der Hoek, NetherlandsLihong Liu, SwedenLinda Dixon, United KingdomLinda Guarino, United StatesLorena Passarelli, United StatesLori Frappier, CanadaLou M Mansky, United StatesLuis Enjuanes, SpainLuis Martinez-Sobrido, United StatesLuis Menendez-Arias, SpainLuzia Teixeira, PortugalLynn Enquist, United StatesMakiya Nishikawa, JapanMang Shi, Hong KongManuel V Borca, United StatesManuel Romero-Gomez, SpainMaria Montoya, SpainMarc Fuchs, United StatesMargaret Conner, United StatesMargarita Bofi ll, SpainMargarita Del Val, SpainMargarita Saiz, SpainMaria Preciado, ArgentinaMaria Luisa Salas, SpainMariana Del Vas, ArgentinaMariano Cambra, SpainMarion Cornelissen, NetherlandsMark Harris, United KingdomMark A Wainberg, CanadaMark T Heise, United StatesMarta L DeDiego, SpainMartin Drucker, France

Martin I Muggeridge, United StatesMartin Schwemmle, GermanyMary Louise Penrith, South AfricaMarylene Mougel, FranceMasao Honda, JapanMasao Matsuoka, JapanMasashi Ugaki, JapanMasato Ikegami, JapanMasayuki Ishikawa, JapanMassimo Turina, ItalyMatthias Schnell, United StatesMatthias Schweizer, SwitzerlandMaureen Goodenow, United StatesMauricio G Mateu, SpainMauro Bendinelli, ItalyMax Nibert, United StatesMegan Shaw, United StatesMelony J Sellars, AustraliaMicah Luftig, United StatesMichael J Bouchard, United StatesMichael Feiss, United StatesMichael P Murtaugh, United StatesMichael Nevels, GermanyMichael Niepmann, GermanyMichael Shaw, United StatesMichael J Studdert, AustraliaMichael Summers, United StatesMichael C Lai, United StatesMichel Peterschmitt, FranceMichele E Hardy, United StatesMichinori Kohara, JapanMiguel Aranda, SpainMiguel Angel Martinez, SpainMika Ramet, FinlandMikael Berg, SwedenMineki Saito, JapanMinetaro Arita, JapanMinori Takeshita, JapanMirco Schmolke, United StatesMuhammad Saqib, AustraliaMuhammad A Mir, United StatesMuthumani Karuppiah, United StatesNaidu Rayapati, United StatesNancie M Archin, United StatesNancy Beerens, NetherlandsNaoki Mori, JapanNaoya Sakamoto, JapanNat Moorman, United StatesNicasio Mancini, ItalyNicola Decaro, ItalyNicolas Ruggli, SwitzerlandNicolas Sluis-Cremer, United StatesNicole J Moreland, SingaporeNiels Pedersen, United StatesNikolaus Osterrieder, GermanyNobuhiko Nakashima, JapanNobuhiro Suzuki, JapanNobuyuki Yoshikawa, JapanNoemi Sevilla, SpainNora Chapman, United StatesNorbert Tautz, GermanyOlen Kew, United StatesOliver T Fackler, GermanyPablo Gastaminza, United StatesPablo Vera, SpainParin Chaivisuthangkura, ThailandPatrick CY Woo, Hong KongPatrizia Farci, United StatesPatti Miller, United States

Patty Aguilar, United StatesPaul Clapham, United StatesPaul Spearman, United StatesPaul (Kip) Robert Kinchington, United StatesPaul A Luciw, United StatesPaula Alvarez, ArgentinaPele Chong, TaiwanPeter Angeletti, United StatesPeter Collins, United StatesPeter Karayiannis, United KingdomPeter Krell, CanadaPeter Prevelige, United StatesPeter Revill, AustraliaPeter Tijssen, CanadaPeter Walker, AustraliaPhilip Pellett, United StatesPhilippe Gasque, ReunionPhilippe Fosse, FrancePhilippe A Gallay, United StatesPierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi, FrancePierre-Olivier Vidalain, FrancePikul Jiravanichpaisal, ThailandPing-Ning Hsu, TaiwanPranav Danthi, United StatesPrem Paul, United StatesRafael Medina, ChileRandy Albrecht, United StatesRaymond P Roos, United StatesRebeca Rico-Hesse, United StatesReiner Strck, GermanyReto Zanoni, SwitzerlandRicardo Flores, SpainRichard Benarous, FranceRichard Condit, United StatesRichard Frank Cook, United StatesRichard M Elliott, United KingdomRichard Kormelink, NetherlandsRichard Longnecker, United StatesRichard Roden, United StatesRichard Webby, United StatesRichard Whitley, United StatesRichard Yanagihara, United StatesRick Meeker, United StatesRobert William Briddon, PakistanRobert Drillien, FranceRobert Duda, United StatesRobert Geraghty, United StatesRobert Gilbertson, United StatesRobert J Gorelick, United StatesRobert Martin, United StatesRobert Rowland, United StatesRobert H Silverman, United StatesRobert A Owens, United StatesRoberto Cattaneo, United StatesRoger Everett, United KingdomRoland Zust, SingaporeRollie Clem, United StatesRonald Iorio, United StatesRonald N Harty, United StatesRosa M Pinto, SpainRuben O Donis, United StatesRui Medeiros, PortugalRuth Brack-Werner, GermanySaid Ghabrial, United StatesSakthivel Subramaniam, United StatesSamadhan J Jadhao, United StatesSandra Blome, GermanySandra Quackenbush, United StatesSanjay B Maggirwar, United States

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Sara Louise Cosby, United KingdomSatya Narayan Parida, United KingdomSaumitra Das, IndiaScott C Weaver, United StatesSead Sabanadzovic, United StatesShafi qul Islam Chowdhury, United StatesShahid Jameel, IndiaSherwood Casjens, United StatesShigenori Ueda, JapanShilpa J Buch, United StatesShinji Makino, United StatesShiv Kumar Sarin, IndiaSiao Kun Welch, United StatesSiddhartha AK Datta, United StatesSilke Stertz, SwitzerlandSilvia Marquez, SpainSonia Zuniga, SpainSonja M Best, United StatesSotaro Chiba, JapanStefan Niewiesk, United StatesStephan Winter, GermanyStephen Rice, United StatesSteve Oberste, United StatesSteven Bachenheimer, United StatesSteven Carson, United StatesSteven KH Foung, United StatesSteven M Valles, United StatesSue Vandewoude, United StatesSusan C Baker, United StatesSusan Carpenter, United StatesSusan Nadin-Davis, CanadaSusana Mendoza, MexicoSuzanne Sandmeyer, United StatesTakahide Sasaya, JapanTakao Ito, JapanTakeshi Ichinohe, Japan

Tamara S Gritsun, United KingdomTamas Bakonyi, AustriaTapani Hovi, FinlandTarja Sironen, FinlandTatsuya Nagata, BrazilTeresa De Los Santos, United StatesTerje Dokland, United StatesTero Ahola, FinlandTetsuro Suzuki, JapanTheophile Olhmann, FranceThomas M Gallagher, United StatesThomas T Murooka, United StatesThomas E Morrison, United StatesTimm Harder, GermanyTomohiko Maehama, JapanToru Takimoto, United StatesToshihiro Omura, JapanTrudy Morrison, United StatesTruus EM Abbink, United KingdomTsang Long Lin, United StatesTsubasa Munakata, JapanUlrich Desselberger, United KingdomUlrich Melcher, United StatesValerie Choumet, FranceVan Wilson, United StatesVelpandi Ayyavoo, United StatesVenugopal Nair, United KingdomVeronika Von Messling, CanadaVeronique Jestin, FranceVicente Pallas, SpainVinay K Pathak, United StatesVirginie W Gautier, IrelandWade Gibson, United StatesWaldemar Popik, United StatesWalter J Atwood, United StatesWalter Fuchs, Germany

Wen-Hai Feng, ChinaWenzhe Ho, ChinaWhite K Andrew, CanadaWilliam A Paxton, NetherlandsWilliam O Dawson, United StatesWilliam Mason, United StatesWilliam Miller, United StatesWilliam Switzer, United StatesWilliam Taylor, United KingdomWilliam J Britt, United StatesWolfram Gerlich, GermanyXavier Saelens, BelgiumXianfu Wu, United StatesXiang-Jin Meng, United StatesXiaoping Zhu, United StatesXiaoyong Bao, United StatesYan Zhang, ChinaYan-Jin Zhang, United StatesYasushi Muraki, JapanYedidya Gafni, IsraelYi Guan, Hong KongYi Zhao, ChinaYi-Ling Lin, TaiwanYing Fang, United StatesYong-Sheng Liu, ChinaYoshihisa Yamano, JapanYue Wang, United StatesYun Zhang, ChinaYury Khudyakov, United StatesYves Mely, FranceZeger Debyser, BelgiumZejun Li, ChinaZhaohui Wang, United StatesZhihong Hu, ChinaZishu Pan, China