Prof Dr Zhiyong Ma is a PhD holder from Japan with a post doc completed in the USA who is working as a Professor/Chair at the Department of Zoonosis and Veterinary Public Health of the Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China. Prof Ma has a track record of publications in many renowned international journals, such as Plos Pathogens, the Journal of Virology (JVI), Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, Viruses, Veterinary Microbiology, etc.