EDITOR IN CHIEF (2014)
Gary V. Doern
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City
EDITORS
Paul Bourbeau, Editor and Photo Quiz (2014) BD Diagnostics, Sparks, Md.
Angela M. Caliendo (2017) Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Karen C. Carroll, Editor (2015) The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
W. Michael Dunne, Jr., Editor (2014) bioMérieux, Durham, N.C.
Bradley W. Fenwick, Editor (2013) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Betty Ann Forbes, Editor and Biographical Feature (2014) Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond
Peter H. Gilligan, Editor and Point-Counterpoint (2017) UNC Healthcare, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Geoffrey A. Land, Editor (2015) The Methodist Hospital/Weill-Cornell Medical College, Houston, Tex.
Michael J. Loeffelholz, Editor (2015) University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Alexander J. McAdam, Editor (2014) Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass.
Stephen A. Moser, Editor (2014) University of Alabama at Birmingham
Andrew B. Onderdonk, Editor (2015) Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Robin Patel, Editor (2014) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
David W. Warnock, Editor (2014) Conyers, Ga.
A list of potential conflicts of interest of Journal of Clinical Microbiology editors can be found at http://jcm.asm.org/misc/JCMEditorCOI.pdf.
Thomas E. Shenk, Chairman, Publications Board
Barbara M. Goldman, Director, Journals
Charles Brown, Production Editor
Manuel Cavazos, Assistant Production Editor
Jasmine Wallace, Editorial Coordinator
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jaber Aslanzadeh (2013)
Robyn Atkinson (2014)
Arun Balajee (2014)
Rosemary Barnes (2014)
Suzanne Barth (2013)
Joanne M. Bartkus (2013)
William Benjamin (2013)
Matthew Binnicker (2015)
Andrea Boggild (2015)
Marc Bonten (2013)
Andrew Borman (2015)
Michael D. Bowen (2013)
John Branda (2013)
Stephen M. Brecher (2014)
Manfred Brigl (2014)
Barbara Brown-Elliott (2015)
Angela B. Brueggemann (2015)
Carey-Ann Burnham (2014)
Dominick Cavuoti (2015)
Robin Chamberland (2015)
Jeffrey E. Christensen (2014)
Richard B. Clark (2014)
Patricia Conville (2014)
David W. Craft (2015)
Manuel Cuenca-Estrella (2014)
Jose del Pozo (2013)
Varough M. Deyde (2015)
Daniel J. Diekema (2015)
Christopher Doern (2014)
Susan E. Dorman (2013)
Mike Edmond (2014)
David Farrell (2014)
Daniel P. Fedorko (2013)
Ken J. Forbes (2015)
Karen Frank (2014)
Thomas Fritsche (2015)
Jonathan G. Frye (2015)
Guido Funke (2015)
Wendy Garrett (2014)
Richard V. Goering (2015)
Irene Gonzalez (2013)
Ann Griffen (2014)
Josep Guarro (2014)
Xiang-Yang Han (2015)
Susan Harrington (2014)
Randall Hayden (2014)
Kevin Hazen (2015)
Musa Hindiyeh (2014)
Marcia Hobbs (2014)
Rick Hodinka (2015)
Romney Humphries (2015)
Margareta Ieven (2013)
Peter C. Iwen (2013)
J. Michael Janda (2013)
Jonathan Juliano (2013)
Stefan Juretschko (2015)
George Kallstrom (2014)
James Karlowsky (2013)
Timothy Karnauchow (2015)
Karen Sue Kehl (2015)
James E. Kirby (2015)
Deanna L. Kiska (2014)
James Klutts (2013)
Mamuka Kotetishvili (2013)
Colleen Kraft (2015)
Katrien Lagrou (2015)
Marie Landry (2015)
Mark LaRocco (2014)
P. Rocco Lasala (2015)
Nathan Ledeboer (2014)
Diane Leland (2015)
John LiPuma (2014)
Shawn R. Lockhart (2015)
Renaud Mahieux (2013)
Leonard W. Mayer (2014)
Yvette McCarter (2013)
Steve Meshnick (2013)
Wilbur Milhous (2013)
Melissa Miller (2013)
Danny Milner (2014)
Chris Minion (2015)
Vellore P. Mohan (2013)
Erik Munson (2015)
Moon Nahm (2014)
Duane W. Newton (2015)
Frederick Nolte (2014)
Susan Novak-Weekley (2015)
Kerry O'Donnell (2015)
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner (2013)
C. J. Papasian (2014)
Nicole Parrish (2014)
Melinda Pettigrew (2013)
Michael A. Pfaller (2015)
Gaby Pfyffer (2014)
Melinda Poulter (2014)
Bobbi Pritt (2013)
Rama Ramani (2014)
Kurt Reed (2014)
Sandra S. Richter (2015)
Scott Riddell (2013)
Stefan Riedel (2015)
Ryan Saffert (2015)
Andrew Sails (2014)
Sarah Satola (2015)
Michael Saubolle (2014)
Frank Scannapieco (2013)
Paul C. Schreckenberger (2015)
Jacques Schrenzel (2013)
Rangaraj Selvarangan (2014)
Susan Sharp (2014)
Sanjay Shukla (2015)
James Snyder (2015)
Eric Spitzer (2015)
Kenneth S. Thomson (2015)
Richard (Tom) Thomson (2014)
Tommy Tong (2013)
Johan Van Eldere (2013)
Jordi Vila (2013)
T. Vinayagamoorthy (2013)
Jan Vinje (2015)
Dmitriy Volokhov (2013)
Robert M. Wadowsky (2014)
Ken B. Waites (2015)
Musau Wakabongo (2013)
David F. Welch (2015)
Nancy Wengenack (2013)
Chris A. Whitehouse (2014)
Patricia P. Wilkins (2015)
S. Steve Yan (2013)
Belinda Yen-Lieberman (2013)
Adrian Zelazny (2014)
Marc Zervos (2015)
Jing-Ren Zhang (2014)
Sean Zhang (2014)
Zhi-Ming Zheng (2015)
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