Editor
Pietro Crovari, University of Genoa, Italy

Co-Editor
Roberto Gasparini, University of Genoa, Italy

International Editorial Board
Gabriella Aggazzotti, University of Modena, Italy
Roy M. Anderson, University of Oxford, UK
Francis Andrè, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
Italo Francesco Angelillo, University of Naples, Italy
Giovanni Apolone, "Mario Negri" Inst., Dept. of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Giuseppe Badolati, University of Genoa, Italy
Salvatore Barbuti, University of Bari, Italy
Mario Alberto Battaglia, University of Siena, Italy
Philippe Beutels, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Nancy Binkin, National Health Institute, Rome, Italy
Antonio Boccia, University of Rome, Italy
Paolo Bonanni, University of Florence, Italy
Elio Borgonovi, University of Milan, Italy
Cesare Campello, University of Trieste, Italy
Nicola Comodo, University of Florence, Italy
Rosa Cristina Coppola, University of Cagliari, Italy
Paolo D'Argenio, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
Silvio de Flora, University of Genoa, Italy
Jan Desmyter, University of Leuven, Belgium
Luciano Fonzi, University of Siena, Italy
Giovanni Gabutti, University of Ferrara, Italy
Nigel Gay, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK
Mariano Giacchi, University of Siena, Italy
Raffaella Giacchino, Gaslini Hospital, Genoa, Italy
Giuseppe Giammanco, University of Catania, Italy
Josè Gonçalo Marques, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Donato Greco, National Health Institute, Rome, Italy
Paul R. Gully, Laboratory Centre for Diseases Control, Ottawa, Canada
Neal Halsey, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Claude Hannoun, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Giancarlo Icardi, University of Genoa, Italy
Alberto Izzotti, University of Genoa, Italy
Mark Kane, Children's Vaccine Program, Seattle, USA
Carlo Lucioni, ADIS International, Milan, Italy
Alessandro Maida, University of Sassari, Italy
Andrè Meheus, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Alfonso Mele, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
Nicola Nante, University of Siena, Italy
Karl G. Nicholson, University of Leicester, UK
James Nokes, Department of Biology, Imperial College, London, UK
Paolo Orlando, University of Genoa, Italy
Albert Osterhaus, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Audino Podda, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
Gianni Pozzi, University of Siena, Italy
Nicola Principi, University of Milan, Italy
Rino Rappuoli, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
Giuseppe Rausa, University of Padova, Italy
Giovanni Renga, University of Torino, Italy
Mario Rizzetto, University of Torino, Italy
Gabriele Romano, University of Verona, Italy
Nino Romano, University of Palermo, Italy
Francis Ruscetti, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA
Melanie Saville, MSD-Aventis, UK
Gianpaolo Salvioli, University of Bologna, Italy
Geoffrey C. Schild, NIBSC, Hertfordshire, UK
Vincent Soriano, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Luigi Squeri, University of Messina, Italy
Renzo Trivello, University of Padova, Italy
Ted Tsai, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, USA
Pierre van Damme, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Anselmo Vannucci, University of Genoa, Italy
Paola Verani, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
John Wood, NIBSC, Hertfordshire, UK
Alessandro Remo Zanetti, University of Milan, Italy

Editorial Staff
Marisa Alberti, University of Genoa, Italy
Filippo Ansaldi, University of Genoa, Italy
Ulderico Avio, Baxter Group, Pisa, Italy
Bianca Bruzzone, University of Genoa, Italy
Paolo Crimi, University of Genoa, Italy
Francesco D'Agostini, University of Genoa, Italy
Alberta Di Pasquale, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
Paolo Durando, University of Genoa, Italy
Piero Lai, University of Genoa, Italy
Emanuele Montomoli, University of Siena, Italy
Donatella Panatto, University of Genoa, Italy
Silvia Pittaluga, University of Genoa, Italy
Fabrizio Ernesto Pregliasco, University of Milan, Italy
Teresa Pozzi, University of Siena, Italy

Editorial Staff Manager
Laura Sticchi, University of Genoa, Italy