Acknowledgement to Reviewers The Editors of the Journal of General Virology wish to thank all those listed below, and any other reviewer whose name has been inadvertently omitted, for giving their time and expertise to review papers submitted for publication in this journal in 2014. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the following list; we apologise for any errors and omissions.

Abelardo Junior Adam Grundhoff Adolfo Garcia-Sastre Adrian John Shepherd Adrian Whitehouse Adriana Kajon Adriano Boasso Agata Jakubowska Aijian Qin Aiming Wang Aine McKnight Alain F. Vanderplasschen Alan D Radford Alan D. T. Barrett Alan Rein Albert Zimmermann Albie A van Dijk Alejandro Brun Alexander Bukreyev Alexander Gorbalenya Alexander Khromykh Alexander Plyusnin Ali Bazarbachi Ali Mirazimi Alison J. Sinclair Allison Abendroth Amirbabak Sioofy-Khojine Amit Gal-On Ana Fernandez-Sesma Andrea Maisner Andreas Gert Karl Schön Andreas Henke Andreas Schlon Andres Merits Andrew Davidson Andrew Davison Andrew Gill Andrew J Davison Andrew J. Easton Andrew Lever Andrew Love Andrew M. Kropinski

Andrew Macdonald Andrew Mason Andrew Pekosz Andrew S Turnell Andrew Shaw Andrew Yurochko Anette Botner Anja Kipar Ann Powers Anna Kramvis Anna Maria Vaira Anna Söderlund-Strand Anne Palmenberg Annika Antonsson Anthony Griffiths Anthony R Fooks Antoine Gessain Arifa S Khan Armando Arias Arthur Frampton Arvind Patel Arvind Varsani Ashok Chockalingam Asisa Volz Axel Rethwilm Ayato Takada Ayman El-Guindy Aysegul Nalca Beatrice Grasland Baoming Jiang Barbara Ann Blacklaws Barbara Klupp Barry Slobedman Bart Haagmans Bassel E Sawaya Beate Mareike Kümmerer Beatrice Riteau Beatriz Navarro Beatriz Pogo Belinda Blignaut Benadette Dutia Benjamin Brennan

Benjamin G Hale Benjamin W Neuman Bergmann M Ribeiro Bernadette G. van den Hoogen Bernard Delmas Bernd Haas Bernhard Ehlers Bernhard f Benkel Bert Semler Bertus K. Rima Bevan Sawatsky Biao He Bin Zhou Blair Strang Bo Zhang Bob Dalziel Bodo Plachter Bong-Kyun Park Brad Blitvich Bramhadev Pattnaik Brenda Fredricksen Brian J Willett Brian Wigdahl Britt Glaunsinger Bruce Edward Torbett Bruce McManus Bruce W Banfield Bruno Blondel Bruno Gronenborn Bryan Charleston Bryan Cullen Bryce Falk Bryony C. Bonning C Cheng-Mayer Cadhla Firth Camille Sureau Candace Mathiason Carl Gagnon Carl Kirkwood Carlos de Noronha Carol D Blair Caroline Fossum

Carrie Dykes Catherine Jopling Catherine S Adamson Cecile Breyton Chang-Seon Song Charles R. M. Bangham Charles Russell Charlotta Polacek Cheng-Feng Qin Chengliang Gong Chengyu Jiang Cheryl Walter Chieko Kai Chinglai Yang Chris Basler Chris Dawson Chris McCormick Christian Drosten Christian Grund Christian Mandl Christian Sauder Christian Sinzger Christiane Wobus Christina F Spiropoulou Christine D Krempl Christine Neuveut Christophe Combet Christophe Guillon Christopher Broder Christopher Buck Christopher Hugh Logue Christopher Lucarotti Christopher Olsen Christopher Sullivan Claude G A R Bragard Clinton J. Jones Colin Crump Colin Parrish Colin Russell Colleen B Jonsson Conrad M Freuling Corinne Ronfort Cornelis de Haan Covadonga Alonso Craig Brunetti Craig McCormick

Curt Horvath Dalan Bailey Dan J Felmlee Daniel D Pinschewer Daniel DiMaio Daniel Gallie Daniel Libraty Daniel Nemecek Daniel Ruzek Danielle Anderson Danielle Blondel D'Ann Rochon Daohong Jiang Darren Martin David A Theilmann David Barton David Beasley David Bhella David Brighty David C Bloom David Davido David Harrich David J Griffiths David J Pickup David J. Blackbourn David J. Evans David Leib David Rowlands David Stein David Stone David Theilmann David Thorley-Lawson David Tscharke Deborah Brown Deepak Shukla Dennis Bente Derek Gatherer Di Liu Didier Poncet Dieter Blaas Dionne Natalie Shepherd Dirk Werling Dmitry Shayakhmetov Donald B Smith Donald Jarvis Donald M. Coen

Eberhard Hildt Eddie C. Holmes Edgar Rodriguez Negrete Edmund K Hainisch Eduardo Bejarano Edward Campbell Edward Dobbs Edward Mocarski Eiji Konishi Elisabeth Herniou Eliseo A Eugenin Elke Mühlberger Ellen Cahir-McFarland Ellen Krautkrämer Ellie Barnes Elliot J. Lefkowitz Eloisa Yuste Emanuela Noris Emilio Yángüez Emmanuel A Asante Enrique Moriones Eric Barklis Eric Bergeron Eric Delwart Eric Haas-Stapleton Eric J Gowans Eric J. Snijder Eric Weaver Erich R. Mackow Erik Karlsson Erle Robertson Ernest Gould Ervin Fodor Esther Schnettler Eugene Savenkov Eugene V Ryabov Eva Nagy F. Murilo Zerbini Fabienne Archer Fatah Kashanchi Fei Deng Felix A Rey Felix Drexler Fernando Almazan Fernando García-Arenal Finn Grey

Florian Zielecki Francis Barin Francis Delpeyroux Francisco Veas Frank Carbone Frank Scholle Frank Tacke Frank van Kuppeveld Franz X. Heinz Fred Homa Frederic L Sorgeloos Friedrich Kragler Fu Zhen G Chinnadura Gábor Reuter Gael Kurath Gang Li Gang Zou Garry Sunter Gary Hayward Gary Ketner Gary W. Blissard Gavan Holloway Gavin W. G. Wilkinson Geoffrey L. Smith Georg Herrler Georg Kochs George Belov George P Lomonossoff George Rohrmann George Stoica Georges Herbein Georges Verjans Gerald Barry Gerd Sutter Gergely Tekes Gerhard Dobler Gerhard Jahn Gert Zimmer Ghalib Alkhatib Gill Elliott Giovanni Di Pasquale Glenn Marsh Glyn Stanway Gorben P Pijlman Graham J. Belsham

Grant Hansman Greg Pari Greg Towers Gregg Dean Gregor Meyers Gregory Chinchar Guangqing Liu Guangwen Lu Guelsah Gabriel Guido Poli Guohua Yi Gwong-Jen J Chang Han-Ching Wang Hans Dieter Klenk Hans Jan Nauwynck Hans-Ulrich Bernard Hany Anany HanZhong Wang Hao-Ching Wang Harald Wodrich Hartmut Hengel Heike Bantel Heiko Ziebell Heinz Feldmann Heinz-Juergen. Thiel Helen O'Shea Helene Norder Helene Sanfacon Helle Bielefeldt-ohmann Hendrik Huthoff Henri Gruffat Henri-Jacques Delecluse Henry Muriuki Kariithi Hideki Ebihara Hideki Hasegawa Hideki Kondo Hirofumi Akari Holly Shelton Hou Jinlin Hui Cai I.S. Bright Singh Ian Brierley Ian Frazer Ignacio G Bravo Ikbal Agah ince Ilya Frolov

Isabel Novella Isabel Sola Isabelle Chemin Isabelle Lemasson J. Michael Day Jacek Skowronski Jack Nunberg Jack T. Stapleton Jacqueline Flynn Jacquelyn J Horsington Jacques Robert Jacques Theron James P Stewart James Smiley Jan Kreuze Jan Rehwinkel Janet Daly Jason Bodily Jason Chen Javier Benavente Javier Martinez-Picado Javier Ortego Jay Nelson Jay Rappaport Jean-Luc Gallois Jean-Michel Claverie Jeffrey J DeStefano Jelle Matthijnssens Jeremy Rossman Jesús Sánchez-Navarro Jianming Qiu Jianrong Li Jiasheng Song Jilong Chen Jim Kaufman Jim-Tong Horng Jimwoo Ahn Jin Li Jinxing Wang Jitka Forstova Joachim Denner Joachim Hauber Joaquin Castilla Jochen Bodem Joe Grove Joel J Milner

Johan Neyts Johannes Fütterer John Coffin John Doorbar John G. Aaskov John H. Sinclair John Hammond John McLauchlan John Morgan John N Barr John Noti John P Carr John Pasick John Patton John Steel John Tavis John Taylor John W. McCauley John W. Randles Johnny He Jonas Klingstrom Jonathan Ball Jonathan Filee Jonathan Runstadler Jonathan Terman Jorge Quarleri Jose Escriban Jose M Almendral José Melero José T. Ascencio-Ibañez Jose Teodoro Joseph Hughes Joseph J Carter Juan Antonio Garcia Juan E. Ludert Juan Ortin Jue Liu Juergen G Haas Julia F. Ridpath Jun Liu Jun Zhou Jürgen A Richt Justin Julander K Uberla Kadir Yesilbag Karen Alviar

Karen Beemon Karin Stiasny Karla Kirkegaard Karl-Klaus Conzelmann Karyn N Johnson Karyna Rosario Kate N Bishop Kate Susan Baker Katharine Magor Kathryn A. Hanley Kathryn Kitrinos Katja Fink Katy Moffat Kay S Faaberg Kazuyoshi Ikuta Keith Fowke Keith N Leppard Kelli Hoover Kelly Lager Kim R Blasdell Kim Roberts Kim Steegen Konstantin G Kousoulas Konstantin Pugachev Kouacou V Konan Kouichi Morita Kristen Bernard Kristien Verdonck Kristina Abel Kriton Kalantidis Kunitada Shimotohno Larissa Spiegelberg Lars Dolken Lars Erik Larsen Laurent Gillet Leigh Owens Leong C Hew Lijun Rong Linda Chelico Linda Scobie Lisa Ng Lissandra Cavalli Loy E. E Volkman Luc Willems Luigi Bonizzi Luis Enjuanes

Luis Kameyama Luis Menéndez-Arias Luka Cicin-Sain Lutz Gissmann Lydia Drumright Lyric Bartholomay M. Salas M. Steven Oberste Magdalena Dunowska Maija Vihinen-Ranta Malcolm McCrae Malin Flodstrom-Tullberg Manish Sagar Manuel Borca Marc Johnson Marcel A. Müller Marcelo de las Heras Marco Salemi Margaret Jane Hosie Margaret MacDonald Margo a Brinton Maria Alejandra Quiroga Maria Masucci Maria Söderlund-Venermo Mariano Esteban Marilyn J. Roossinck Marjolein Kikkert Mark A Wainberg Mark Brockman Mark Denison Mark Head Mark Holodniy Mark Jackwood Mark P. Zwart Mark Peeples Mark Tompkins Mark W Douglas Mark Zabel Mart Krupovic Marta Canuti Marta Veses-Garcia Martin Beer Martin D Ryan Martin Erlandson Martin Groschup Martin Jeffrey

Martin Rowe Martin Schwemmle Masahiro Fujii Massimo Ciccozzi Massimo Pizzato Massimo Tommasino Massimo Turina Mathias Ackermann Matthew Frieman Matthew Gray Matthew Reeves Matthias J Reddehase Matthias Koenig Matthias Schweizer Mattia Calzolari Mauricio G. Mateu Mauricio Mateu Maurizio Pocchiari Mauro Bendinelli Maxine Linial Megan Shaw Melanie A Sacco Michael A Jarvis Michael A Skinner Michael Aaron Seidman Michael D Baron Michael Goodin Michael Hahne Michael Hess Michael Imperiale Michael Lai Michael Lindberg Michael Malim Michael McGarvey Michael Mühlebach Michael N Teng Michael Oglesbee Michael P. Murtaugh Michael Purdy Michael R. Strand Michael Way Michael Worobey Miguel Aranda Mikhail M. Pooggin Mikhail N Matrosovich Ming Liao

Miren Iturriza-Gomara Molly McLaughlin-Drubin Monica J Roth Monique M. van Oers Motohiro Horiuchi My VT Phan Mya Breitbart Myra McClure N James MacLachlan Naomi L. Forrester Natalia Cheshenko Nathan Pumplin Nathaniel R Landau Neil J Berry Neil Mabbott Nellie Gagné Nick Davis-Poynter Nicola J Rose Nicola Stonehouse Nicolas Eterradossi Nicolas Ruggli Nicole Fischer Nicole Pavio Niels Heegaard Nigel Temperton Nikos Vasilakis Ninan Abraham Ning Huang Nitin K Saksena Nobuhiro Suzuki Nobumichi Kobayashi Noel J Whitaker Nor Chejanovsky Nora Hunter Oliver Ratmann Oliver Schildgen Olivier Andreoletti Olivier Hantz Olivier Schwartz Olivier Terrier Olli Vapalahti Osamu Nakagomi Oscar R. Burrone Øystein Evensen Pablo Murcia Pasquale Saldarelli

Patrice Dunoyer Patricia Devaux Patrick Hearing Paul Anthony MacAry Paul Digard Paul Farrell Paul Friesen Paul Gorry Paul Griffiths Paul Kinchington Paul Klenerman Paul Walz Paulina Jackowiak Peter Charles Fineran Peter Fineran Peter G Speck Peter J. Krell Peter Jahrling Peter Medveczky Peter Palukaitis Peter Simmonds Peter Staeheli Peter Walker Philip E Pellett Philip Krause Philip Meuleman Philippe Biagini Philippe Colson Philippe Despres Philippe Gayral Philippe Plattet Philippe Roingeard Pierre Roques Pierre-Olivier Vidalain Piers Hemsley Piet A. van Rijn Pilar Garcia Polly Roy Qing Zhu Rachel Fearns Rafael Blasco Rafael F. Rivera-Bustamante Rafal Tokarz Rainer G. Ulrich Ralf Bartenschlager Raoul J. de Groot

Ratna Ray Raymond Bujdoso Raymond Rowland Rebecca Auer Rebecca Dutch Rebecca Vega Thurber Reimar Johne Remi N Charrel Remziye Nalcacioglu Renato Oliveira Resende Rennos N/A Fragkoudis Reza Hajimorad Ricardo Parreira Richard Elliott Richard Frisque Richard Gibson Richard J. M. Kormelink Richard Jenner Richard Lloyd Richard M. Elliott Richard Plemper Richard Stanton Richard Thiery Rik L. de Swart Rob van Binnendijk Robert A. Fridell Robert Bambara Robert Briddon Robert D Burk Robert David Possee Robert Drillien Robert Gifford Robert L Harrison Robert W. Briddon Robin Parks Roger Hewson Rogier Bodewes Roland Zell Roland Zuest Romain Volmer Romolo Nonno Rona Barron Ronald M Iorio Ronald van Rij Rosa Pintó Rosemarie W Hammond

Roy A. Hall Roy Duncan Sabine Mihm Saguna Verma Sally Roberts Salvatore Petta Samuel Alizon Sandra Junglen Sandra L Quackenbush Sandra S Essbauer Sandra Weller Santiago F. Elena Sarah M McDonald Sassan Asgari Satoshi Hiroi Saumitra Das Scott Weaver Sead Sabanadzovic Sebastien Pfeffer Seung Kook Choi Shan-Lu Liu Sheemei Lok Sher Hendrickson Shigeki Inumaru Shufang Fan Siba K. Samal Silke Rautenschlein Silke Stertz Simon Graham Siobain Duffy Slim Fourati Somar Kassab Sonia Zuñiga Stacey Schultz-Cherry Stanley Lemon Stanley M. Lemon Stanley Plotkin Stefan Finke Stefan Kunz Stefan Pöhlmann Stefan Sarafianos Stefan Taube Stephan Ludwig Stephan Menne Stephan Pleschka Stephane Biacchesi

Stephane Blanc Stephane Pillet Stephanie Booth Stephanie Devignot Stephanie Gras Stephen D. C. Griffin Stephen Graham Stephen Stohlman Steve Goodbourn Steve Norley Steve Petrovski Steven Rubin Steven Specter Steven Valles Steven van Borm Stuart G. Siddell Sue VandeWoude Surender Vashist Suresh Mahalingam Susan Baker Susan Lea Susanna KP Lau Susanta Behura Susumu Katsuma Suzette A Priola Sylvia van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk Sylvie Lecollinet Szu-Hao Kung T. David Brown Takao Masuda Takayuki Miyazawa Tamara S Gritsun Tamás Bakonyi Tamás Tuboly Tanja Opriessnig Tao Dong Tapani Hovi Tarja Sironen Tatsunori Nakano Teresa de los Santos Tero Ahola Tetsuro Ikegami Thierry Baron Thierry Wetzel Thomas Dobner Thomas F. Schulz

Thomas I Michalak Thomas Krey Thomas Morrison Tian Wang Till Rümenapf Tim J Mahony Tim Skern Tim Tellinghuisen Timm C. Harder Timo Hyypiä Tina Dalianis Tom Wileman Tony L Goldberg Tor Gjøen Trevor Williams Trine Hammer Jensen Tuckweng Kok Tuija K Kekarainen Tung Phan Ulla Buchholz Ulrich Desselberger Ushijima Hiroshi Uwe Truyen Vadim Agol Valentina Svicher Venugopal Nair Vera Tarakanova

Vernon Ward Victoria A Lawson Vincent Michaud Vito Martella Vladimir Brusic Volker Lohmann Volker Thiel W. Allen Miller Walter Atwood Walter Boyce Weifeng Shi Wei-kung Wang Weizhong Li Wenan Qiang Wendy Barclay Wilhelm Jelkmann William A Paxton William C Wilson William L Schneider William Rawlinson Wim Van der Poel Wolfram Gerlich Xianfang Wu Xiang-Jin Meng Xiaomin Zhao Xiao-Wen Cheng Xiaoyong Bao

Xin Ye Xing Li Xin-Hua Cheng Xue Ping Zhou Xuebing Li Yang Shen Yasuhiro Ikeda Yasuhiro Takeuchi Yasuo Suzuki Yedidya Gafni Yi Shi Yi-Ling Lin Yohei Watanabe Yoichi Robertus Fujii Yong Zhao Youchun Wang Yu Chen Yulong Gao Zandrea Ambrose Zania Stamataki Zejun Li Zhihong Hu Zhongzhou Chen Ziqiang Cheng Zsuzsanna Sasvari