Editors and Editorial Board
EDITOR IN CHIEF
GIUSEPPE NUNNARI, MD, Ph.D, MPH
Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF
GERMANO ORRÙ, MD, Ph.D
Full Professor, (MBS) Molecular Biology Service, University of Cagliari, Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA-CNR), Cagliari, Italy
DEPUTY EDITOR
GIORDANO MADEDDU, MD, Ph.D
Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
L. ABBO, MD
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA
M. BERRETTA, MD, Ph.D
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
A. CALCAGNO, MD
University of Turin, Turin, Italy
M. CECCARELLI, MD
University of Catania, Catania, Italy
A. COLPANI, MD
Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
A. DE VITO, MD
Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
A. DI BIAGIO, MD
University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
E. FOCÀ, MD
University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
P. MALLON, MD
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research (CEPHR), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
S. MORENO, MD, Ph.D
Hospital Ramón y Cajal, University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
U. O’DOHERTY, MD, Ph.D
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
M.R. PINZONE, MD
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
E. VENANZI RULLO, MD, Ph.D
University of Messina, Messina, Italy
EDITORIAL BOARD
O.D. ACHILOVA, Pediatric and Epidemiology specialist, Department of Public Health, Samarkand State Medical University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
M. ANDREONI, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
A. ANTINORI, National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’ (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
D. ARMENIA, Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy; Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
S. BABUDIERI, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
M. BASSETTI, Infectious Diseases Unit, San Martino Policlinico Hospital – IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy; Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
S. BONORA, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
S.K. BRAHMOCHARY, Institute of Indian Mother and Child – Kolkata, India
R. BRUNO, Division of Infectious Diseases, Foundation IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
D. BURGER, Department of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
B. CACOPARDO, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, ARNAS Garibaldi Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
A. CASCIO, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
A. CASTAGNA, Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
F. CASTELLI, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; University Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
G. CECCARELLI, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
F. CECCHERINI SILBERSTEIN, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
B.M. CELESIA, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
F. CONDORELLI, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Oriental Piedmont “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Italy
C. COLOMBA, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
N. COPPOLA, Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
A. COSSARIZZA, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; National Institute for Cardiovascular Research – INRC, Bologna, Italy
A. COZZI-LEPRI, Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation (CREME), Institute for Global Health, UCL, London, UK
S. COCUZZA, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, ENT Section, A.O.U. Policlinico “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
A. D’ARMINIO MONFORTE, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, San Paolo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
A. D’AVOLIO, Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Turin, Italy
G. D’ETTORRE, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
F.G. DE ROSA, Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
G. DE SOCIO, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Santa Maria Hospital, Perugia, Italy
P. DI CARLO, Department of Health Promotion, Mother, and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties and Infectious Disease Unit, University Hospital “P. Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy
G. DI PERRI, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
M. DI ROSA, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Human Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
R. FALSAPERLA, Unit of Pediatrics “Costanza Gravina”, University Hospital “Policlinico – SAN MARCO”, Catania, Italy
I. FRANK, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
A. FREEDMAN, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
P.A. GALLAY, Department of Immunology & Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
C. GERVASONI, Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan, Italy
A. GORI, Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
D.J. GRINT, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
C. GUARNERI, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, Section of Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy C/O A.O.U.P. “Gaetano Martino”, Messina, Italy
G. IPPOLITO, International Medical University In Rome, Unicamillus, Rome, Italy
G. LAPADULA, Infectious Diseases Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
S. LATTERI, Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “Ingrassia”, University of Catania, General Surgery Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
C. LEDDA, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
M. LIBRA, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
M. LICHTNER, Infectious Diseases Unit, Santa Maria (SM) Goretti Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
S. LO CAPUTO, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, General Hospital “Riuniti” of Foggia, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
C. LORETO, Anatomy, Histology and Movement Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
F. MAGGIOLO, UOC Infectious Diseases, ASST Papa Giovanni XXII, Bergamo, Italy
I. MAIDA, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
G. MALAGUARNERA, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
G. MAMELI, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Microbiology and Virology, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
M. MANDORFER, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Vienna Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab, Vienna, Austria
S. MARTINI, Infectious Disease Unit, University Hospital Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
G. MARCHETTI, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, “ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy
C.M. MASTROIANNI, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
A. MATTEELLI, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Collaborating Centre for TB/HIV Co-infection and TB Elimination, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
J. MOLTÒ, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain; Fundació Lluita contra la Sida (Fight AIDS and Infectious Diseases Foundation), Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
C. MUSSINI, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
A. MUSTAPAYEVA, Radiology specialist, Department of Visual Diagnosis, Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakistan
S. NOZZA, Infectious Diseases Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
S. ODOLINI, University Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
M. PAIARDINI, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
L. PAVONE, Unit of Clinical Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
P. PAVONE, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pediatric Clinic, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
V. PAVONE, Department of General Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, Section of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, A.O.U. Policlinico Rodolico-San Marco, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
C.F. PERNO, Department of Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine, Unit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, and Multimodal Laboratory Medicine Research Area, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
G. POLI, Viral Pathogenesis and Biosafety Group, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine, Milan, Italy
T. POLLICINO, Department of Human Pathology, University Hospital G. Martino of Messina, Messina, Italy
G. RAIMONDO, Division of Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy
V. RAPISARDA, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
D. RIPAMONTI, Infectious Diseases Unit, ASST “Papa Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo, Italy
S. RUSCONI, Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco and Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche L. Sacco, Universitá di Milano, Milan, Italy
M.G. SANTORO, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
A. SARACINO, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
M.J. SCHNELL, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Jefferson Vaccine Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
M. SICCARDI, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
G. SILVESTRI, Yerkes Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and Yerkes Nonhuman Primate Genomics Core, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
S. STEFANI, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
M. STEVENSON, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, FL, USA
K. SUBBARAM, School of Medicine, The Maldives National University, Male’, Maldives
V. SVICHER, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
C. TORTI, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
C. UCCIFERRI, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
A. YILMAZ, Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden