EDITOR IN CHIEF (2020)
Alexander J. McAdam
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
EDITORS
Paul Bourbeau, Editor and Photo Quiz (2019) BD Diagnostics, Sparks, Md.
Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Editor (2019) Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Angela M. Caliendo, Editor and Point-Counterpoint (2017) Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Karen C. Carroll, Editor (2020) The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Daniel J. Diekema, Editor (2018) University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City
Bradley W. Fenwick, Editor (2019) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Betty Ann Forbes, Editor and Biographical Feature (2019) Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond
Peter H. Gilligan, Editor and Point-Counterpoint (2017) UNC Healthcare, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Colleen S. Kraft, Minireview Editor (2019) Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Geoffrey A. Land, Editor (2020) Carter BloodCare & Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex.
Nathan A. Ledeboer, Editor (2019) Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Michael J. Loeffelholz, Editor (2020) University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Erik Munson, Editor (2018) Wheaton Franciscan Laboratory, Wauwatosa, Wis.
Andrew B. Onderdonk, Editor (2020) Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Robin Patel, Editor (2019) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Sandra S. Richter, Editor (2019) Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Yi-Wei Tang, Editor (2018) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.
David W. Warnock, Editor (2019) University of Manchester, U.K.
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, Journals Board
Barbara M. Goldman, Director, Journals
Charles Brown, Production Editor
Manuel Cavazos, Assistant Production Editor
Jasmine Wallace, Editorial Coordinator
EDITORIAL BOARD
Adnan Alatoom (2017)
Kevin Alby (2017)
Neil Anderson (2017)
Jaber Aslanzadeh (2016)
N. Esther Babady (2017)
Oliver Bader (2017)
Niaz Banaei (2017)
Matthew Bankowski (2017)
Rosemary Barnes (2016)
Suzanne Barth (2016)
Kathryn Bernard (2017)
Sanjib Bhattacharyya (2017)
Matthew Binnicker (2015)
Patrick Blackall (2016)
Marc Bonten (2016)
Andrew Borman (2015)
James Borneman (2017)
German Bou (2017)
John Branda (2016)
Stephen M. Brecher (2017)
Manfred Brigl (2017)
Barbara Brown-Elliott (2015)
Blake Buchan (2017)
Irene Burckhardt (2016)
Susan Butler-Wu (2017)
Gerald Capraro (2017)
Mariana Castanheira (2017)
Dominick Cavuoti (2015)
Robin Chamberland (2015)
Sharon Chen (2017)
Charles Chiu (2017)
Patricia Conville (2017)
Marc Couturier (2016)
David W. Craft (2015)
Manuel Cuenca-Estrella (2017)
Scott Cunningham (2017)
Andre Dascal (2016)
Jose del Pozo (2016)
Varough M. Deyde (2015)
Jennifer Dien Bard (2017)
Christopher Doern (2017)
Yohei Doi (2017)
James Dunn (2016)
Mike Edmond (2017)
Andrea Endimiani (2017)
Robert Fader (2017)
Joseph Falkinham (2017)
David Farrell (2017)
Daniel P. Fedorko (2016)
Helen Fernandes (2017)
Cynthia Firnhaber (2017)
Ken J. Forbes (2015)
Bradley Ford (2017)
Graeme Forrest (2017)
Pierre-Edouard Fournier (2017)
Thomas Fritsche (2015)
Jonathan G. Frye (2015)
Wendy Garrett (2017)
Richard V. Goering (2015)
Irene Gonzalez (2016)
Tom Grys (2017)
Josep Guarro (2017)
Xiang-Yang Han (2015)
Kimberly Hanson (2016)
Amanda Harrington (2017)
Susan Harrington (2017)
Jane Hata (2017)
Mary Hayden (2017)
Kevin Hazen (2015)
Musa Hindiyeh (2017)
Hans Hirsch (2017)
Marcia Hobbs (2017)
Rick Hodinka (2015)
Diana Huang (2017)
Romney Humphries (2015)
Margareta Ieven (2016)
Peter C. Iwen (2016)
Michael Jacobs (2016)
Anders Jensen (2017)
J. Kristie Johnson (2017)
Jonathan Juliano (2016)
Stefan Juretschko (2015)
George Kallstrom (2017)
James Karlowsky (2016)
James E. Kirby (2015)
J. Stacey Klutts (2016)
Katrien Lagrou (2015)
Marie Landry (2015)
P. Rocco Lasala (2015)
Anna Lau (2017)
Amy Leber (2017)
Diane Leland (2015)
Shawn R. Lockhart (2015)
Judith Lovchik (2017)
Yvonne Lue (2016)
Yvette McCarter (2016)
Erin McElvania TeKippe (2017)
Lesley McGee (2017)
Steve Meshnick (2016)
Wilbur Milhous (2016)
Melissa Miller (2016)
Danny Milner (2017)
Chris Minion (2015)
Vellore P. Mohan (2016)
Thierry Naas (2017)
Irving Nachamkin (2016)
Moon Nahm (2017)
Duane W. Newton (2015)
Frederick Nolte (2017)
Susan Novak-Weekley (2015)
Mindy Nye (2017)
Kerry O'Donnell (2015)
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner (2016)
Nicole Parrish (2017)
Melinda Pettigrew (2016)
Michael A. Pfaller (2015)
Gaby Pfyffer (2017)
David Pincus (2016)
Benjamin Pinsky (2016)
Johann Pitout (2017)
Christopher Polage (2017)
Melinda Poulter (2017)
Bobbi Pritt (2016)
Elisabeth Puchhammer (2017)
Qinfang Qian (2017)
Mangalathu Rajeevan (2016)
Rama Ramani (2017)
Kurt Reed (2017)
Scott Riddell (2016)
Stefan Riedel (2015)
Ryan Saffert (2015)
Max Salfinger (2017)
Maurizio Sanguinetti (2017)
Sarah Satola (2015)
Bryan Schmitt (2017)
Paul C. Schreckenberger (2015)
Audrey Schuetz (2017)
Alberto Severini (2016)
Thomas Shinnick (2017)
Sanjay Shukla (2015)
Patricia Simner (2016)
Gilman Siu (2017)
James Snyder (2015)
Eric Spitzer (2015)
Kathleen Stellrecht (2017)
Kaede Ota Sullivan (2017)
Elitza Theel (2016)
Kenneth S. Thomson (2015)
Richard (Tom) Thomson (2017)
Christine Turenne (2017)
Johan Van Eldere (2016)
Shawn Vasoo (2017)
Gilberto Vaughan (2017)
Jordi Vila (2016)
Jan Vinje (2015)
Dmitriy Volokhov (2016)
Ken B. Waites (2015)
David F. Welch (2015)
Nancy Wengenack (2016)
Lars Westblade (2016)
David Whiley (2017)
Brian Wickes (2017)
Raymond Widen (2017)
Patricia P. Wilkins (2015)
Lihua Xiao (2016)
Suleyman Yildirim (2017)
Adrian Zelazny (2017)
Marc Zervos (2015)
Jing-Ren Zhang (2017)
Sean Zhang (2017)
Zhi-Ming Zheng (2015)
Stefan Zimmermann (2017)
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