Infectious Microbes & Diseases (IMD) is a high-quality, quarterly, online, open-access, single-blind, and peer-reviewed journal, sponsored by Zhejiang University and published by Wolters Kluwer. IMD was launched in September 2019 and is dedicated to accelerate the dissemination, exchange and utilization of basic, applied and clinical scientific research results related to the field of infectious microbes and infectious diseases. IMD mainly publishes original articles, review articles, guideline articles, letters, case reports, comments and editorials from all fields related to infectious microbes and diseases.