Microbes and Infection publishes 10 peer-reviewed issues per year in all fields of infection and immunity, covering the different levels of host-microbe interactions, and in particular:
the molecular biology and cell biology of the crosstalk between hosts (human and model organisms) and microbes (viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi), including molecular virulence and evasion mechanisms.
the immune response to infection, including pathogenesis and host susceptibility.
emerging human infectious diseases.
systems immunology.
molecular epidemiology/genetics of host pathogen interactions.
microbiota and host "interactions".
vaccine development, including novel strategies and adjuvants.
Clinical studies, accounts of clinical trials and biomarker studies in infectious diseases are within the scope of the journal.
Microbes and Infection publishes articles on human pathogens or pathogens of model systems. However, articles on other microbes can be published if they contribute to our understanding of basic mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions. Purely descriptive and preliminary studies are discouraged.
Reviews on recent progress in the field are commissioned by editors.
Special issues focus on the present knowledge of a virulent microbe and the disease it causes, the immune response in infectious disease, or on critical issues relevant to the scope of the journal.

Clinical studies
Reviews
Special issues

Editor-in-Chief
D.M. Ojcius
Merced, California, USA
Editors
A. Adachi
Tokushima-Shi, Japan
S. Akira
Suita, Osaka, Japan
J.R. Bennink
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
M. Blaut
Nuthetal, Germany
M. Blokesch
Lausanne, Switzerland
R. Bonnet
Clermont-F errand, France
M. Bonneville
Nantes, France
J.A Chabalgoity
Montevideo, Uruguay
J.Y. Coppee
Paris, France
P. Cossart
Paris, France
S. Costa Oliveira
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
E. Denkers
Ithaca, New York, USA
P. Dersch
B. Desnues
Marseille Cedex 09, France
M. Divangahi
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
M.G. Dominguez Bello
New York, New York, USA
F. Ebel
München, Germany
M. Emoto
Gunma, Japan
F. Garcia del Portillo
Madrid, Spain
B. Ge
Shangai, China
S. Girardin
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Good
Southport, Queensland, Australia
J.-P. Gorvel
Marseille, France
G. Greub
Lausanne, Switzerland
C. Grillot-Courvalin
Paris, France
R. Gross
Würzburg, Germany
R. Haas
München, Germany
G. Häcker
Freiburg, Germany
S. Hammerschmidt
Greifswald, Germany
M. Hornef
Hannover, Germany
H. Hurd
Keele, UK
S.N. Isaacs
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
S. Jiang
Shanghai, China
S. Jonjic
Rijeka, Croatia
S.H.E. Kaufmann
Berlin, Germany
M. Kopf
Zurich-Schlieren, Switzerland
S. Krappmann
Erlangen, Germany
B.N. Kreiswirth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
R.J. Lamont
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
C. Leclerc
Paris, France
B. Lemaitre
Lausanne, Switzerland
C. Locht
Lille, France
S. Luckhart
Davis, California, USA
H.D. Lujan
Barrio Gral Paz, Argentina
S. Mahalingam
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
P. Mastroeni
Cambridge, England, UK
R. Medzhitov
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J.D. Nosanchuk
Bronx, New York, USA
D. O'Callaghan
Nimes, France
E. Oswald
Toulouse, France
D. W. Pascual
Gainesville, Florida, USA
E. Pays
Gosselies, Belgium
C. Petersen
Ames, Iowa, USA
F. Qadri
Dhaka, Bangladesh
D. Remick
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
B.T. Rouse
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
J. Rupp
Lübeck, Germany
E.T. Ryan
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
P.J. Sansonetti
Paris, France
U. Schaible
London, UK
S. Schenkman
São Paulo, Brazil
S.R. Shih
Taiwan
A. Sinai
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
K. Sriprakash
Herston, Queensland, Australia
F. Tacchini-Cottier
Lausanne, Switzerland
M. Takiguchi
Kumamoto, Japan
C.M. Tang
Oxford, UK
F. Tangy
Paris, France
M. Taylor
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
M. Troye-Blomberg
Stockholm, Sweden
B. Tümmler
Hannover, Germany
M. von Herrath
La Jolla, California, USA
G. Walzl
Tygerberg, South Africa
H. Ward
Boston, USA
L.M. Weiss
Bronx, New York, USA
C. Werts
Paris, France
Desk Editor
M. Roa
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Editorial Coordinator
G. Camus
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