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
1. Institute of Brain Science, Nanchang, China
2. Institute of Neurology, Jiangxi Academy of Clinical Medical Sciences, Nanchang, China
3. The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University School of Medicine, Nanchang, China
Interests: prions; prion diseases; prion-like; zoonosis; neurodegenerative disorders; protein misfolding disorders; protein aggregations; biomarkers; neuroscience; Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; glycosylation
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2. Institute of Neurology, Jiangxi Academy of Clinical Medical Sciences, Nanchang, China
3. The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University School of Medicine, Nanchang, China
Interests: prions; prion diseases; prion-like; zoonosis; neurodegenerative disorders; protein misfolding disorders; protein aggregations; biomarkers; neuroscience; Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; glycosylation
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Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Greifswald, Germany
Interests: genetic basis for adaptation and virulence of avian influenza virus in poultry and mammals; interspecies transmission; virus-host interaction; development and evaluation of vaccines
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Interests: genetic basis for adaptation and virulence of avian influenza virus in poultry and mammals; interspecies transmission; virus-host interaction; development and evaluation of vaccines
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Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research, USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Interests: malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; functional genomics; vaccine discovery; drug discovery; target validation; host-parasite interactions; relapse
Interests: malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; functional genomics; vaccine discovery; drug discovery; target validation; host-parasite interactions; relapse
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: veterinary infectious diseases; veterinary immunodiagnostics; animal and microbial proteomics; dairy ruminant mastitis; animal microbiome
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Interests: veterinary infectious diseases; veterinary immunodiagnostics; animal and microbial proteomics; dairy ruminant mastitis; animal microbiome
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German Centre for Infection Research, Tubingen, Germany
Interests: immunology; parasitology; diagnostic; infectious diseases; helminths; epidemiology; malaria; microbiology
Interests: immunology; parasitology; diagnostic; infectious diseases; helminths; epidemiology; malaria; microbiology
Department Parasitology, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Interests: Anisakids: molecular epidemiology; cultivation; carbohydrate metabolism; lifecycle
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Interests: Anisakids: molecular epidemiology; cultivation; carbohydrate metabolism; lifecycle
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Division of Basic and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Interests: human immunology; aging; dendritic cells; respiratory mucosal immunity; Inflammation; vaccine adjuvants; Infectious diseases
Interests: human immunology; aging; dendritic cells; respiratory mucosal immunity; Inflammation; vaccine adjuvants; Infectious diseases
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Avenida de las Ciencias S/N, C.P. 76230, Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico
Interests: control of animal ectoparasites; anti-tick vaccines; vector-borne pathogens; emerging diseases; one health
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Interests: control of animal ectoparasites; anti-tick vaccines; vector-borne pathogens; emerging diseases; one health
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Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: canine leishmaniasis; gastrointestinal helminthes of ruminants; immunology; therapeutics; vaccines
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Interests: canine leishmaniasis; gastrointestinal helminthes of ruminants; immunology; therapeutics; vaccines
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Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, IRCCS, 00166 Rome, Italy
Interests: elucidating virulence mechanisms, particularly in human pathogens such as Acinetobacter baumannii and Shigella flexneri
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Interests: elucidating virulence mechanisms, particularly in human pathogens such as Acinetobacter baumannii and Shigella flexneri
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Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Interests: mechanism of human papillomavirus induced malignancies; development of novel antiviral drugs; gene expression; DNA replication; RNA splicing; pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy and development of therapy for SMA; pathogenesis of HPV and novel therapeutic approaches; pathogenesis of a motor neuron disease and treatment
Interests: mechanism of human papillomavirus induced malignancies; development of novel antiviral drugs; gene expression; DNA replication; RNA splicing; pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy and development of therapy for SMA; pathogenesis of HPV and novel therapeutic approaches; pathogenesis of a motor neuron disease and treatment
First Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: skin mycoses; dermatophytes; molecular mycology; fungal infections; fungal diagnostics; in-vitro susceptibility testing; aspergillus; clinical mycology (humans)
Interests: skin mycoses; dermatophytes; molecular mycology; fungal infections; fungal diagnostics; in-vitro susceptibility testing; aspergillus; clinical mycology (humans)
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Interests: immunology; malaria; tuberculosis; cell signaling; synthetic biology
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Interests: immunology; malaria; tuberculosis; cell signaling; synthetic biology
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1. College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 50 Al-khod, Oman
2. Institutes of Evolution, Immunology and Infection Research, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh EH10 6AG, UK
Interests: molecular epidemiology; population genetics; apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium spp. and Theileria spp.
2. Institutes of Evolution, Immunology and Infection Research, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh EH10 6AG, UK
Interests: molecular epidemiology; population genetics; apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium spp. and Theileria spp.
Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA
Interests: flavivirus; mosquito transmitted virus; antiviral; vaccine; viral pathogenesis
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Interests: flavivirus; mosquito transmitted virus; antiviral; vaccine; viral pathogenesis
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 700 Children's Drive, W410, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Interests: bidirectional interactions between host physiology and the microbes that naturally reside within the gastrointestinal tract (i.e., the gut microbiota)
Interests: bidirectional interactions between host physiology and the microbes that naturally reside within the gastrointestinal tract (i.e., the gut microbiota)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: tick-borne disease diagnostics; pathogen isolation; pathogen detection; vaccines; assay development
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Interests: tick-borne disease diagnostics; pathogen isolation; pathogen detection; vaccines; assay development
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Host-Pathogen Interaction Unit, Animal Health Division, INRAE, ENVT, Toulouse, France
Interests: adaptation strategies of minimal pathogens with focus on mycoplasmas and viral quasispecies
Interests: adaptation strategies of minimal pathogens with focus on mycoplasmas and viral quasispecies
Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Interests: epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureu; emerging infectious diseases; investigating community transmission of infectious diseases
Interests: epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureu; emerging infectious diseases; investigating community transmission of infectious diseases
Medical Entomology Department, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Research, Panama City, Panama
Interests: ticks ecology and systematics; tick-borne pathogens
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Interests: ticks ecology and systematics; tick-borne pathogens
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Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Interests: host–microbe interactions in the oral cavity; bacterial and fungal pathogens; oral mucosal immunity; candida albicans infections; oral microbiome dynamics; epithelial barrier function; inflammatory responses in oral tissues; peri-implant diseases; translational research on microbial-driven oral diseases
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Interests: host–microbe interactions in the oral cavity; bacterial and fungal pathogens; oral mucosal immunity; candida albicans infections; oral microbiome dynamics; epithelial barrier function; inflammatory responses in oral tissues; peri-implant diseases; translational research on microbial-driven oral diseases
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School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, 2300 Eye Street, NW Suite 730, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Interests: systems vaccinology; vaccine development; cellular Immunology; humoral immunology; biomarker development; AIDS related malignancies; Bio repository and biobanking
Interests: systems vaccinology; vaccine development; cellular Immunology; humoral immunology; biomarker development; AIDS related malignancies; Bio repository and biobanking
Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy
Interests: host–pathogen interactions; bacterial infection; vaccines; medical mycology; innate immunity
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Interests: host–pathogen interactions; bacterial infection; vaccines; medical mycology; innate immunity
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Department of Bacteriology and Mycology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Israel Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Bet Dagan, Israel
Interests: veterinary and zoonotic bacterial pathogens; mastitis and udder health; bacterial genomics and molecular epidemiology; antibiotic resistance
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Interests: veterinary and zoonotic bacterial pathogens; mastitis and udder health; bacterial genomics and molecular epidemiology; antibiotic resistance
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Team Resist, UMR-1184 (INSERM—Université Paris-Saclay—CEA), LabEx Lermit, Faculty of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Interests: genetic; genomics; epidemiology; antibiotic resistance; acinetobacter; enterobacterales; horizontal gene transfer
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Interests: genetic; genomics; epidemiology; antibiotic resistance; acinetobacter; enterobacterales; horizontal gene transfer
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Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: animal Chlamydiosis and zoonotic implications; veterinary pathology; infectious diseases; host-pathogen interaction
Interests: animal Chlamydiosis and zoonotic implications; veterinary pathology; infectious diseases; host-pathogen interaction
National HIV/AIDS Research Center (CNAIDS), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Interests: infectious disease; lentiviruses; HIV-1; SIV; animal model; primate; host–virus interactions; viral pathogenesis; molecular epidemiology; immune response to viral infections
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Interests: infectious disease; lentiviruses; HIV-1; SIV; animal model; primate; host–virus interactions; viral pathogenesis; molecular epidemiology; immune response to viral infections
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Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY 12983, USA
Interests: viral pathogenesis; vertical transmission; virus–host interaction; host immunity
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Interests: viral pathogenesis; vertical transmission; virus–host interaction; host immunity
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College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Interests: animal and human bartonellosis; infectious diseases; immunology; nephrology; vector-transmitted; intracellular pathogens; neuropsychiatric illness and rheumatological presentations
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Interests: animal and human bartonellosis; infectious diseases; immunology; nephrology; vector-transmitted; intracellular pathogens; neuropsychiatric illness and rheumatological presentations
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Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: soil-borne plant pathogens; beneficial microorganisms; soil microbiome; Verticillium; Pyrenochaeta; Fusarium; Streptomyces; biological control; integrated disease management; plant genetic resistance; plant-microbe interaction; microbe genomics; plant functional genomics
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Interests: soil-borne plant pathogens; beneficial microorganisms; soil microbiome; Verticillium; Pyrenochaeta; Fusarium; Streptomyces; biological control; integrated disease management; plant genetic resistance; plant-microbe interaction; microbe genomics; plant functional genomics
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