Medical Microbiology and Immunology (MMIM) is aiming to improve diagnostics, prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diseases by publishing studies on host-pathogen interaction. Authors working at the interface of host-pathogen interaction are invited to submit their work. Studies on basic, translational as well as clinical research in infectious diseases and infectious disease immunology lie in the scope of the journal.
MMIM´s main focus is to advance the field through the publication of original research work on intrinsic, innate or adaptive immune responses to viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic (protozoan and helminthic) infections, the associated human genetics traits, virulence of the respective infectious pathogens and real world evidence of use of infection control measures, vaccines and anti-infectives. The journal considers manuscripts on the epidemiology of infectious diseases when linked to prophylactic or therapeutic measures, or the emergence and epidemic spread of new or rare pathogens, as well as on novel vaccines, new indications for existing vaccines and medicines, innovative tools for prevention and diagnosis of infectious disease when linked to outbreaks, precision in clinical trials and improvement of outcomes.
To emphasize the forward-looking perspective, authors are invited to summarize their findings from a clinical outcome-oriented perspective and in views of new possibilities to exploit findings for the benefit of the patient. Furthermore, the journal does not accept the submission of manuscripts retrospectively summarizing the status quo without original research data providing new insights. This precludes that MMIM does not accept the submission of non-commissioned review articles and epidemiological studies limited to assessing regional epidemiology of infectious disease without a direct link to effectiveness of prophylaxis and therapy. Moreover, the journal offers the possibility to publish research hypotheses with underlying original data that claim new research needs and thereby drive scientific discussion.

Editors-in-Chief
Volkhard A.J. Kempf (Bacteriology)
Institute of Medical Microbiology
and Infection Control
University of Frankfurt
Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 40
60596 Frankfurt, Germany
e-mail: volkhard.kempf@kgu.de

Matthias J. Reddehase (Virology)
Institute for Virology
University Medical Center of the
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
and Research Center for Immunotherapy
Obere Zahlbacher Str. 67
55131 Mainz, Germany
e-mail: matthias.reddehase@uni-mainz.de
Christian Bogdan (Immunology)
Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
University Hospital of Erlangen and 
Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg
Wasserturmstraße 3/5
91054 Erlangen, Germany
e-mail: christian.bogdan@uk-erlangen.de


Founding Editors
Robert Koch and Carl Flügge, 1886 


Editors 
Steven J. Ackerman, Chicago, IL, USA
Ralf Bartenschlager, Heidelberg, Germany
Stephan Becker, Marburg, Germany
Sammy Bedoui, Melbourne,VIC, Australia
Sindy Böttcher, Berlin, Germany
Dunja Bruder, Magdeburg, Germany
Margarita De Val, Madrid, Spain
Thomas Decker, Vienna, Austria
Albert Descoteaux, Laval , QC, Canada
Stefan Ehlers, Borstel, Germany
Sabine Ehrt, New York, NY, USA
John D. Fraser, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
Alexander W. Friedrich, Groningen, The Netherlands
Gülsah Gabriel, Hamburg, Germany
Adrian Goldman, Leeds, United Kingdom
Deyin Guo, Guangzhou, PR China
Georg A. Häcker, Freiburg, Germany
Petr Hubacek, Prague, Czech Republic
Jonathan Jantsch, Regensburg, Germany
Stipan Jonjic, Rijeka, Croatia
Ulrich Kalinke, Hannover, Germany
Oliver T. Keppler, Munich, Germany
Jörg Köhl, Lübeck, Germany
Manfred Kopf, Zurich, Switzerland
Roland Lang, Erlangen, Germany
Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Thomas Lion, Vienna, Austria
Peter Murray, Martinsried, Germany
Bastian Opitz, Berlin, Germany
Gernot G. U. Rohde, Frankfurt, Germany
Stefan Rose-John, Kiel, Germany
Bernhard Ryffel, Orleans, France
Dirk Schlüter, Magdeburg, Germany
Thomas F. Schulz, Hannover, Germany 
Roberto F. Speck, Zurich, Switzerland
Simona Stäger, Laval, QC, Canada
Steffen Stenger, Ulm, Germany
Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier, Epalinges, Switzerland
Mauro M. Teixeira, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Jordi Vila Estapé, Barcelona, Spain
Sebastian Voigt, Berlin, Germany
Takaji Wakita, Tokyo, Japan
Günter Weiss, Innsbruck, Austria
Silja Wessler, Salzburg, Austria
Ulrike Wieland,Cologne, Germany
Muhammad Hamid Zaman, Boston, USA
Christina Zielinski, Munich, Germany