Editorial: Women in infectious agents and disease: 2025.

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gender equality, human papilloma virus, infectious agents, infectious disease, microbial pathogenesis, microbiome, scientific publishing, women in science Citation Alva-Murillo N, Khaiboullina S and Tarashi S (2026) Editorial: Women in infectious agents and disease: 2025. Front. Microbiol. 17:1884772. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1884772 Received 18 May 2026 Accepted 19 May 2026 Published 04 June 2026 Volume 17 - 2026 Edited and reviewed by Axel Cloeckaert, Institut National de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (INRAE), France Updates Copyright © 2026 Alva-Murillo, Khaiboullina and Tarashi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. *Correspondence: Svetlana Khaiboullina, [email protected] Disclaimer All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.