《病原體與疾病》發(fā)表了關(guān)于病原體、宿主與病原體相互作用、宿主對(duì)感染的反應(yīng)及其分子和細(xì)胞相關(guān)性的假設(shè)和發(fā)現(xiàn)驅(qū)動(dòng)的研究的杰出的初步研究。它涵蓋了所有的病原體-真核生物，原核生物，和病毒-并包括人畜共患病病原體和實(shí)驗(yàn)翻譯應(yīng)用。

Pathogens and Disease publishes outstanding primary research on hypothesis- and discovery-driven studies on pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, host response to infection and their molecular and cellular correlates. It covers all pathogens – eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and viruses – and includes zoonotic pathogens and experimental translational applications.