Maria-Cristina Arcangeletti is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology referring to the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Parma, Italy, and Manager of the Basic Unit of “Epidemiology and laboratory diagnosis of respiratory and enteric virus infections by advanced laboratory methods” at the Virology Unit of the Department of Diagnostics of the University-Hospital of Parma, Italy. She is engaged in teaching activity in Bachelor’s degree, Post-graduate, and Specialization courses at the University of Parma. Her main research topics are focussed on the study of cellular factors that are involved in human cytomegalovirus infection and anti-human cytomegalovirus immune responses in subjects with auto-immune diseases. She is involved in research projects that are granted by the local University and in national research projects. She has been the coordinator of scientific projects granted by the Italian CNR (National Research Council) and Unit lead researcher in the frame of national projects that were granted by MUR (Ministry for Universities and Research). She has published 95 scientific papers in international Journals as an author or co-author and has presented more than 200 scientific studies at national and international congresses.