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Andrea Marrapodi, Gregorio Pampinella, and Daniele Tozzi, Mural portrait of Giovanni Battista Grassi , 2018. Aerosol paint and pigments on exterior concrete wall.
From Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future (Hall of Fame of Science). National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani,” Rome, Italy.
Reproduced with permission of the artists. This month’s cover features a mural portrait of Giovanni Battista Grassi (1854–1925), created as part of the public art project Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani” in Rome, Italy.
The installation, conceived as a “Hall of Fame of Science,” extends along 270 meters of the institute’s perimeter wall (≈810 m 2 ) and presents 13 scientists who shaped the history of biomedical and infectious disease research.
CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal published a clinical update in Infectious Disease on 30 Mar 2026.
The item focuses on Giovanni Battista Grassi and Malaria.
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