Dr. Fabrizio Maggi received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Clinical and Fundamental Virology at the University of Pisa. He has been a Clinical Assistant at the Clinical Virology Unit of Pisa University Hospital and Director of the Microbiology Laboratory of Varese University Hospital. He is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at the University of Insubria. Since 2022, he has been the Director of the Laboratory of Virology and Laboratories of Biosafety at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome. His main interest is in the natural history and pathogenesis of anellovirus infection and the development of methods for emerging virus diagnosis. Additional areas of research include emerging respiratory viruses, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and diagnostic virology.