毒性是一個完全開放的同行評議期刊。所有文章(如果被接受)將提供給任何人閱讀任何地方，在任何時間立即出版。毒性是第一個國際同行評審期刊的專門針對微生物致病性,感染宿主-病原體相互作用過程和。為了應對新的傳染病挑戰、新出現的傳染病病原體和抗菌素耐藥性，顯然需要跨學科的研究。對毒性感興趣的主題包括:微生物致病性-病毒(包括艾滋病毒)、細菌、真菌和寄生蟲已建立的和新的毒力因子的分子和生物學功能抗菌藥物的鑒定、開發和研究艾滋病毒/艾滋病宿主-病原體和病原體-病原體相互作用宿主對感染的反應以及對抑制劑、毒素和其他毒性因子的免疫反應哺乳動物、其他脊椎動物以及無脊椎動物的模型生物和宿主臨床試驗評估感染過程的各個方面微生物組生物恐怖分子研究疫苗研制及評估傳染病診斷在資源有限的環境中感染毒性發布四個一般類型的文件:原始研究評論(包括敘事性和系統性)協議觀點毒力匯集了研究“病原體”、“宿主”或“抗菌藥物”的科學家和臨床研究人員。作為一個多學科的開放獲取期刊，所有的文章都是任何人在任何時間、任何地點、發表后立即可以閱讀的。

Virulence is a fully open access peer-reviewed journal. All articles will (if accepted) be available for anyone to read anywhere, at any time immediately on publication.Virulence is the first international peer-reviewed journal of its kind to focus exclusively on microbial pathogenicity, the infection process and host-pathogen interactions. To address the new infectious challenges, emerging infectious agents and antimicrobial resistance, there is a clear need for interdisciplinary research.Topics of interest to Virulence include:Microbial pathogenicity–viruses (including HIV), bacteria, fungi, and parasitesMolecular and biological function of established and novel virulence factorsIdentification, development and study of antimicrobial agentsHIV/AIDSHost-pathogen and pathogen-pathogen interactionsHost response to infection and immune responses to inhibitors, toxins, and other virulence factorsMammalian, other vertebrate as well as invertebrate model organisms and hostsClinical trials evaluating all aspects of the infection processMicrobiomeResearch on bio-terrorism agentsVaccine development and evaluationDiagnosis of infectious diseasesInfections in resource-limited settingsVirulence publishes four general types of papers: Original ResearchReviews (both narrative and systematic)ProtocolsPerpectivesVirulence brings together scientists and clinical researchers working on the 'pathogen,' the 'host' or the 'antimicrobial agents.' As a multi-disciplinary open access journal, all articles are available for anyone to read anywhere, at any time, immediately on publication.