《微生物與感染》每年在所有感染和免疫領域出版10期同行評議的期刊，涵蓋宿主與微生物相互作用的不同水平，特別是:宿主(人類和模型生物)和微生物(病毒、細菌、寄生蟲和真菌)之間的相互作用的分子生物學和細胞生物學，包括分子毒性和逃避機制。對感染的免疫反應，包括發病機制和宿主易感性。新出現的人類傳染病。系統免疫學。宿主病原體相互作用的分子流行病學/遺傳學。微生物群與宿主的“互動”。疫苗開發，包括新策略和佐劑。在傳染病的臨床研究，臨床試驗的帳戶和生物標志物的研究范圍內的雜志。微生物與感染發表關于人類病原體或模型系統病原體的文章。然而，如果其他微生物有助于我們理解宿主與病原體相互作用的基本機制，那么就可以發表關于其他微生物的文章。不鼓勵進行純描述性和初步研究。編輯們委托對該領域最近的進展進行審查。特刊關注目前對一種有毒微生物及其引起的疾病的知識，傳染病中的免疫反應，或與該雜志范圍相關的關鍵問題。

Microbes and Infection publishes 10 peer-reviewed issues per year in all fields of infection and immunity, covering the different levels of host-microbe interactions, and in particular:the molecular biology and cell biology of the crosstalk between hosts (human and model organisms) and microbes (viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi), including molecular virulence and evasion mechanisms.the immune response to infection, including pathogenesis and host susceptibility.emerging human infectious diseases.systems immunology.molecular epidemiology/genetics of host pathogen interactions.microbiota and host "interactions".vaccine development, including novel strategies and adjuvants.Clinical studies, accounts of clinical trials and biomarker studies in infectious diseases are within the scope of the journal.Microbes and Infection publishes articles on human pathogens or pathogens of model systems. However, articles on other microbes can be published if they contribute to our understanding of basic mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions. Purely descriptive and preliminary studies are discouraged.Reviews on recent progress in the field are commissioned by editors.Special issues focus on the present knowledge of a virulent microbe and the disease it causes, the immune response in infectious disease, or on critical issues relevant to the scope of the journal.