''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

pathogen In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ ...

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 are often beneficial but others can cause infectious diseases. The number of ...

, host responses and

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, fungal and parasitic infections, microbial

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and

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s, and molecular

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. 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 (

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). 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 ''

Journal of Bacteriology The ''Journal of Bacteriology'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1916. It is published by the American Society for Microbiology and the editor in chief is George A. O'Toole (Dartmouth College). The journal is delayed o ...

''. 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 (

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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 2017

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of 3.256, ranking it 30th out of 88 journals in the category "Infectious Diseases" and 75th out of 155 journals in the category "Immunology."

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://iai.asm.org/ Microbiology journals Delayed open access journals Publications established in 1970 English-language journals Monthly journals American Society for Microbiology academic journals