<p>1. Introduction </p> <p>Part 1: Mechanisms of Autoimmunity induction by infectious agents and vaccination <br>2. Molecular Mimicry and Autoimmunity <br>3. Epitope Spreading in Autoimmune Diseases <br>4. The immune neuroendocrine system, infections, and rheumatic diseases <br>5. CD5-Expressing B-1 Cells and Infection <br>6. Lymphocytes and Infection in Autoimmune Diseases <br>7. Endothelial Cell Autoreactivity and Infection <br>8. Microbiota and Autoimmunity <br>9. Infection, Autoimmunity, and Vitamin D <br>10. Seasonality and Autoimmunity <br>11. The Protective Role of Helminths in Autoimmunity <br>12. Vaccination and Autoimmunity <br>13. BCG Vaccination <br>14. Opportunistic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases <br>15. Can Antibiotics Cure Autoimmune Diseases? </p> <p>Part 2: Viruses and Autoimmunity <br>16. Anti-Viral Therapy, Epstein–Barr Virus, Autoimmunity, and Chaos (The Butterfly Effect) <br>17. Roles for Cytomegalovirus in Infection, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity <br>18. Hepatitis C and Mixed Cryoglobulinemia: An Update <br>19. HIV Spectrum and Autoimmune Diseases <br>20. Parvovirus Infection and Its Association with Autoimmune Diseases <br>21. Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1 and Rheumatic Diseases: A Link Between Infection and Autoimmunity <br>22. Sjögren’s Syndrome: Role of Viruses and Viral-Like Sequences <br>23. Viral Infection and Heart Disease: Autoimmune Mechanisms <br>24. Celiac Disease and Rotavirus Infection <br>25. Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus-Induced Demyelinating Disease (TMEV-IDD) and Autoimmunity </p> <p>Part 3: Bacteria and Autoimmunity <br>26. Rheumatic Fever: How Streptococcal Throat Infection Triggers an Autoimmune Disease <br>27. Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Autoimmunity: Coincidence or a Cause and Effect Relationship? <br>28. Multiple Sclerosis and Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease are Autoimmune Diseases Probably Caused by Exposure to the Nasal Microbe Acinetobacter <br>29. Infection and Autoimmunity in Antibiotic-Refractory Lyme Arthritis <br>30. Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Autoimmunity: A Systematic Review of the Literature: How Pneumococcal Infection Might Be Related to Rheumatic Diseases <br>31. Mycobacteria and Autoimmunity <br>32. Mycobacterium avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis and Human Disease: Bridging Infection and Autoimmunity <br>33. Leprosy and Autoimmunity </p> <p>Part 4: Parasites and autoimmunity <br>34. Parasitic Infection and Autoimmunity <br>35. Toxoplasma and Autoimmunity <br>36. Malaria and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Complex Interactions and Reciprocal Influences </p> <p>Part 5: Autoimmune diseases and infections <br>37. Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies Autoimmune Diseases <br>38. The Infectious Origin of the Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome <br>39. Infections and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus <br>40. Infections and Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies <br>41. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Infections: More Than an Association? <br>42. Infection and Systemic Sclerosis <br>43. Infection and Spondyloarthropathies <br>44. Infection and Behçet Disease <br>45. Vasculitides and Hepatitis C Infection <br>46. The Role of Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Initiation, Exacerbation and Protection <br>47. Post-Infectious Arthritis and Reactive Arthritis <br>48. Infection and Autoimmune Liver Diseases <br>49. The Role of infection in Immune-mediated Thrombocytopenia <br>50. Viral Infections and Type 1 Diabetes <br>51. Infection and Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases <br>52. Pemphigus and Infection <br>53. Infections and Autoimmune Renal Diseases <br>54. Infections Associated with Retinal Autoimmunity <br>55. Oral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases <br>56. infection and Guillain–Barré Syndrome <br>57. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis </p> <p>Part 6: COVID-19 and autoimmunity SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Autoimmunity<br>58. COVID-19 and autoimmunity <br>59. COVID-19 and autoantibodies <br>60. COVID-19 and vasculitis <br>61. COVID-19 vaccines and autoimmunity</p>
