Journal Title：Infection Genetics And Evolution

(aka Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases -- MEEGID)

Infectious diseases constitute one of the main challenges to medical science in the coming century. The impressive development of molecular megatechnologies and of bioinformatics have greatly increased our knowledge of the evolution, transmission and pathogenicity of infectious diseases. Research has shown that host susceptibility to many infectious diseases has a genetic basis. Furthermore, much is now known on the molecular epidemiology, evolution and virulence of pathogenic agents, as well as their resistance to drugs, vaccines, and antibiotics. Equally, research on the genetics of disease vectors has greatly improved our understanding of their systematics, has increased our capacity to identify target populations for control or intervention, and has provided detailed information on the mechanisms of insecticide resistance.

However, the genetics and evolutionary biology of hosts, pathogens and vectors have tended to develop as three separate fields of research. This artificial compartmentalisation is of concern due to our growing appreciation of the strong co-evolutionary interactions among hosts, pathogens and vectors.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution and its companion congress [MEEGID](http://www.meegidconference.com/) (for Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases) are the main forum acting for the cross-fertilization between evolutionary science and biomedical research on infectious diseases.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution is the only journal that welcomes articles dealing with the genetics and evolutionary biology of hosts, pathogens and vectors, and coevolution processes among them in relation to infection and disease manifestation. All infectious models enter the scope of the journal, including pathogens of humans, animals and plants, either parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses or prions. The journal welcomes articles dealing with genetics, population genetics, genomics, postgenomics, gene expression, evolutionary biology, population dynamics, mathematical modeling and bioinformatics. We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services .

（又名传染病分子流行病学和进化遗传学杂志 -- MEEGID）

传染病是下个世纪医学科学面临的主要挑战之一。分子巨技术和生物信息学的惊人发展极大地增加了我们对传染病进化、传播和致病性的认识。研究表明，宿主对许多传染病的易感性具有遗传基础。此外，现在对病原体的分子流行病学、进化和毒力，以及它们对药物、疫苗和抗生素的抗性有很多了解。同样，对病媒遗传学的研究极大地提高了我们对其系统学的理解，提高了我们确定控制或干预目标人群的能力，并提供了有关杀虫剂抗性机制的详细信息。

然而，宿主、病原体和载体的遗传学和进化生物学倾向于发展为三个独立的研究领域。由于我们越来越认识到宿主、病原体和载体之间强烈的共同进化相互作用，这种人为的划分引起了人们的关注。

Infection, Genetics and Evolution 及其配套会议 [MEEGID](http://www.meegidconference.com/)（用于传染病的分子流行病学和进化遗传学）是进化之间相互交流的主要论坛传染病的科学和生物医学研究。

Infection, Genetics and Evolution 是唯一一本欢迎有关宿主、病原体和载体的遗传学和进化生物学以及它们之间与感染和疾病表现相关的共同进化过程的文章的期刊。所有传染性模型都进入该期刊的范围，包括人类、动物和植物的病原体，无论是寄生虫、真菌、细菌、病毒还是朊病毒。该杂志欢迎有关遗传学、种群遗传学、基因组学、后基因组学、基因表达、进化生物学、种群动力学、数学建模和生物信息学的文章。我们还提供许多作者福利，例如免费 PDF、自由的版权政策、Elsevier 出版物的特别折扣等等。请单击此处了解有关我们的作者服务的更多信息。