''Infection and Immunity'' is a

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published by the

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. It focuses on interactions between bacterial, fungal, or parasitic

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s and their hosts. Areas covered include molecular

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, cellular

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bacterial infection Pathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease. This article focuses on the bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. Most species of bacteria are harmless and many are beneficial but others can cause infectious diseases. The number of t ...

, host responses and

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, fungal and parasitic infections, microbial

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and

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s, and molecular

genomics Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of molecular biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes as well as its hierarchical, ...

. The journal publishes primary research articles,

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s, commentaries, minireviews, and a spotlight report highlighting articles of particular interest selected by the editors. Articles are freely accessible after 6 months ( delayed open access). Through its "Global Outreach Program," free online access is available to qualified microbiologists in eligible developing countries.

History

The journal was established in 1970. Prior to that time, original research articles covering topics in infection and immunity were published in a section of the ''

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''. As the size of this section grew, the need for a separate journal publishing peer-reviewed research in this area became apparent. The first

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was Erwin Neter ( SUNY Buffalo).

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of ''Infection and Immunity'': * 1970-1979: Erwin Neter * 1980-1989: Joseph W. Shands, Jr. * 1990-1999: Vincent A. Fischetti * 2000-2007: Alison D. O'Brien * 2007–2017: Ferric C. Fang * 2017–present: Andreas J. Bäumler

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 2.9.

References

External links

* Microbiology journals Delayed open access journals Academic journals established in 1970 English-language journals Monthly journals American Society for Microbiology academic journals {{microbiology-journal-stub