Editorial Board
- Immunological Responses and Immune Defense Mechanisms Section
- Vaccines and Therapeutic Developments Section
- Ticks Section
- Bacterial Pathogens Section
- Fungal Pathogens Section
- Viral Pathogens Section
- Parasitic Pathogens Section
- Emerging Pathogens Section
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: Xylella; plant pathology; plant virus; plant bacteria; diagnostic; grapevine; olive
Interests: Xylella; plant pathology; plant virus; plant bacteria; diagnostic; grapevine; olive
Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing 102206, China
Interests: prion; alpha-synuclein; prion disease; alpha-synucleinopathies; neurodegenerative diseases
Interests: prion; alpha-synuclein; prion disease; alpha-synucleinopathies; neurodegenerative diseases
1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14625, USA
2. Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
Interests: virology; vaccines; antivirals; influenza viruses; arenaviruses; Zika virus; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; interferon; virus-host interactions
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2. Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
Interests: virology; vaccines; antivirals; influenza viruses; arenaviruses; Zika virus; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; innate immunity; adaptive immunity; interferon; virus-host interactions
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1. Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (CSIC-Universidad de León), 24346 León, Spain
2. Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana, 24071 León, Spain
Interests: helminth infections in animals and humans; prevalence; diagnosis; detection of anthelmintic resistance; anthelmintics and new molecules with anthelmintic activity; selection of resistant animals
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2. Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana, 24071 León, Spain
Interests: helminth infections in animals and humans; prevalence; diagnosis; detection of anthelmintic resistance; anthelmintics and new molecules with anthelmintic activity; selection of resistant animals
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Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: microbiology; immunology; cancer biology; host-microbe interactions; flow cytometry; immunophenotyping; apoptosis; endogenous retroviruses; COVID-19
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Interests: microbiology; immunology; cancer biology; host-microbe interactions; flow cytometry; immunophenotyping; apoptosis; endogenous retroviruses; COVID-19
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School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: T-cells in Staphylococcus aureus infection; S. aureus vaccine development; S. aureus evasion of phagocytes
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Interests: T-cells in Staphylococcus aureus infection; S. aureus vaccine development; S. aureus evasion of phagocytes
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1. Medical Microbiology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
2. Unit of Microbiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Interests: microbiological diagnosis of bacterial infections; diagnosis of sepsis; new technologies for sepsis diagnosis
2. Unit of Microbiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Interests: microbiological diagnosis of bacterial infections; diagnosis of sepsis; new technologies for sepsis diagnosis
College of Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-5672, USA
Interests: infections caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms
Interests: infections caused by fungi and fungal-like organisms
Department of Infectious disease and Immunology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Interests: molecular biology of retroviruses; antiviral therapy; caveolin; gene therapy; HIV
Interests: molecular biology of retroviruses; antiviral therapy; caveolin; gene therapy; HIV
Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
Interests: antiretroviral drug resistance; HIV; integrase inhibitors; in vitro selection
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Interests: antiretroviral drug resistance; HIV; integrase inhibitors; in vitro selection
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Laboratory of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Vas. Sofias 127, 11521 Athens, Greece
Interests: beta-lactamases; genetics of bla genes; molecular epidemiology of resistance genes and their genetic carriers; expression, mobilization and clustering of resistance determinants; integrons and transposable elements; multi-resistant plasmids in Gram-negative bacteria
Interests: beta-lactamases; genetics of bla genes; molecular epidemiology of resistance genes and their genetic carriers; expression, mobilization and clustering of resistance determinants; integrons and transposable elements; multi-resistant plasmids in Gram-negative bacteria
MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, 34394 Montpellier, France
Interests: arboviruses
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Interests: arboviruses
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Interests: HPV; DNA tumor viruses; chromatin; DNA repair; epigenetic regulation; genomic instability; cancer
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Interests: HPV; DNA tumor viruses; chromatin; DNA repair; epigenetic regulation; genomic instability; cancer
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1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Guldhedsgatan 10a, Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: microbial evolution and phylogeny; bacterial systematics and taxonomy; bacterial identification; molecular bacterial diagnostics; diagnostics of infectious diseases; anti-microbial resistance
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2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Guldhedsgatan 10a, Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: microbial evolution and phylogeny; bacterial systematics and taxonomy; bacterial identification; molecular bacterial diagnostics; diagnostics of infectious diseases; anti-microbial resistance
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Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Interests: human papillomavirus; HPV16
Interests: human papillomavirus; HPV16
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Interests: viral oncology; viral oncoproteins; tissue invasion and metastasis; tumour microenvironment; tumour viruses, chronic inflammation and cancer; herpesviruses and autoimmune disease; cell signalling
Interests: viral oncology; viral oncoproteins; tissue invasion and metastasis; tumour microenvironment; tumour viruses, chronic inflammation and cancer; herpesviruses and autoimmune disease; cell signalling
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: lymphoma; diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Hodgkin lymphoma; Epstein–Barr virus; nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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Interests: lymphoma; diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Hodgkin lymphoma; Epstein–Barr virus; nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Interests: Candida; biofilm; host-fungal interactions; innate immunity
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Interests: Candida; biofilm; host-fungal interactions; innate immunity
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Biology Department, College of Arts, Sciences and Education, Texas A&M University, Texarkana, TX 75503, USA
Interests: coronaviruses; invertebrate nidoviruses; RNA virus evolution
Interests: coronaviruses; invertebrate nidoviruses; RNA virus evolution
Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Highly Pathogenic Viruses (ZBS 1), Robert Koch Institute, Seestr. 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Interests: viral diagnostics; NGS; highly pathogenic viruses
Interests: viral diagnostics; NGS; highly pathogenic viruses
Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: prion disease; Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD); fatal familial insomnia (FFI)
Interests: prion disease; Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD); fatal familial insomnia (FFI)
Infection, Inflammation and Cancer (IIC), Department Virus-Associated Carcinogenesis (F170) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Interests: virology; small DNA viruses; virus-host cell interactions; signaling cascades; intracellular transport; cytoskeleton dynamics; virotherapy of cancer; paroviruses
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Interests: virology; small DNA viruses; virus-host cell interactions; signaling cascades; intracellular transport; cytoskeleton dynamics; virotherapy of cancer; paroviruses
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Interests: veterinary medicine
Interests: veterinary medicine
Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Interests: innate immunity; inflammasomes; cytosolic sensors; STING; intracellular infections
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Interests: innate immunity; inflammasomes; cytosolic sensors; STING; intracellular infections
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Department of Infectious Diseases, San Pedro University Hospital- Center for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain
Interests: infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; tick-borne diseases; Rickettsia spp.; Bartonella spp.; Borrelia spp.; Anaplasma spp.; Thropheryma whipplei; diagnosis; debonel; Lyme disease; endocarditis; HIV; hepatitis; microbiome; microbiota
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Interests: infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; tick-borne diseases; Rickettsia spp.; Bartonella spp.; Borrelia spp.; Anaplasma spp.; Thropheryma whipplei; diagnosis; debonel; Lyme disease; endocarditis; HIV; hepatitis; microbiome; microbiota
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Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Interests: malaria; parasites; cryptosporidium; insect vector; infectious disease
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Interests: malaria; parasites; cryptosporidium; insect vector; infectious disease
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Chair for Fish Diseases and Fisheries Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
Interests: aquatic veterinary medicine; innate immunology of aquatic animals; aquatic veterinary biosecurity; interface of aquatic environment, pathogens, and hosts; immunotoxicity; vaccinology; immunomodulators; nanomaterials as potential toxicants and treatments against pathogens
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Interests: aquatic veterinary medicine; innate immunology of aquatic animals; aquatic veterinary biosecurity; interface of aquatic environment, pathogens, and hosts; immunotoxicity; vaccinology; immunomodulators; nanomaterials as potential toxicants and treatments against pathogens
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Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Interests: Epstein-Barr virus and other viruses; infection-related cancer; immune aspect of pathogen infections and diseases; molecular mechanism of host-pathogen interaction
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Interests: Epstein-Barr virus and other viruses; infection-related cancer; immune aspect of pathogen infections and diseases; molecular mechanism of host-pathogen interaction
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Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) Research Center, Unidade de Microbiologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHTM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA), 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: RNA viruses; arthropod-borne viruses; viral ecology; phylogenetics
Interests: RNA viruses; arthropod-borne viruses; viral ecology; phylogenetics
TransVIHMI (Recherches Translationnelles sur VIH et Maladies Infectieuses), Université de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, INSERM, 34394 Montpellier, France
Interests: viruses; HIV; ebola; coronaviruses; genetic diversity; molecular epidemiology; zoonosis; bat; non-human primates
Interests: viruses; HIV; ebola; coronaviruses; genetic diversity; molecular epidemiology; zoonosis; bat; non-human primates
