Vaccines: facing complex problems with the promise of immunology.

abstract：:A novel vaccine platform uses DNA immunization to launch live-attenuated virus vaccines in vivo. This technology has been applied for vaccine development against positive-strand RNA viruses with global public health impact including alphaviruses and flaviviruses. The DNA-launched vaccine represents the recombinant pla...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Pushko P,Lukashevich IS,Weaver SC,Tretyakova I

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebola hemorrhagic fever is one of the most fatal viral diseases worldwide affecting humans and nonhuman primates. Although infections only occur frequently in Central Africa, the virus has the potential to spread globally and is classified as a category A pathogen that could be misused as a bioterrorism agent. As of t...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Marzi A,Feldmann H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a predominant organism of the upper respiratory nasopharyngeal microbiota. Its disease spectrum includes otitis media, sinusitis, non-bacteremic pneumonia and invasive infections. Protein-based vaccines to prevent NTHi infections are needed to alleviate these infections in ...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Khan MN,Ren D,Kaur R,Basha S,Zagursky R,Pichichero ME

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine administration is the second leading cause of febrile seizures (FS). FS occurrence in children is a serious concern because it leads to public apprehension of vaccinations. This review discusses the clinical implications of FS, its potential link to vaccinations and its impact on official recommendations for v...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Principi N,Esposito S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on the natural history of otitis media (OM) has been studied recently. In a high-risk population, PCV7 significantly reduced the risk of recurrent, bilateral or multiple tympanic membrane perforation, as well as the risk of chronic suppurative OM at 9...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Nascimento-Carvalho CM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid vaccines have been gaining attention as an alternative to the standard attenuated pathogen or protein based vaccine. However, an unrealized advantage of using such DNA or RNA based vaccination modalities is the ability to program within these nucleic acids regulatory devices that would provide an immunolo...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Andries O,Kitada T,Bodner K,Sanders NN,Weiss R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid DNA is a promising vaccine modality that is regularly examined in prime-boost immunization regimens. Recent advances in skin immunity increased our understanding of the sophisticated cutaneous immune network, which revived scientific interest in delivering vaccines to the skin. Intradermal administration of pl...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Elnekave M,Furmanov K,Hovav AH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many vaccine candidates are highly purified, sometimes monomeric antigens and as a result, not very immunogenic. Antigen delivery systems optimize the presentation of antigens. They also play a major role in solving the problem of there being an increasing number of vaccines but limited opportunities in which to inclu...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Kersten G,Hirschberg H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As pregnant women are considered a high-risk group for severe influenza illness, current recommendations advise vaccination of all pregnant women with inactivated influenza vaccine. Nevertheless, rates of maternal influenza vaccination have historically been low, possibly reflecting ongoing concerns about vaccine safe...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Fell DB,Dodds L,MacDonald NE,Allen VM,McNeil S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review deals with specific immunotherapy performed with pollen vaccines. Pollen allergens, the immunological mechanism of allergic inflammation and the mechanisms behind successful specific immunotherapy treatment of seasonal pollen allergy shall be discussed. The different approaches to develop improved regimes ...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Movérare R

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several new TB vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials. Among the most promising is a vaccine based upon the modified vaccinia virus Ankara-expressing mycobacterial antigen 85A (MVA85A). Given the widespread use of the current TB vaccine, BCG, many of the new TB vaccines are being tested for their ability to...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： McMurray DN

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of Yersinia pestis bacilli causes pneumonic plague, a rapidly progressing and exceptionally virulent disease. Extensively antibiotic-resistant Y. pestis strains exist and we currently lack a safe and effective pneumonic plague vaccine. These facts raise concern that Y. pestis may be exploited as a bioweapon...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Smiley ST

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, considerable data has been provided to support the role of the immune system in atherosclerosis. These reports came from studies involving knockout murine models of atherosclerosis and human subjects. The notion that inflammatory mechanisms are operable in atherogenesis has fueled a series of studies ...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Harats D,George J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several new lyssaviruses have emerged in the past decade and it is likely that more remain to be discovered. There are six recognized genotypes of lyssavirus other than the rabies virus (genotype 1). All but one of these has been associated with human cases, with the resulting disease clinically similar to rabies. Rab...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Nel LH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 9th Canadian Immunization Conference was held on 5-8 December 2010 in Quebec City, Canada. Over 1000 academic, public health and vaccine industry scientists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and policy makers attended the conference, which was organized by the Public Health Agency of Canada-Centre for Immunization ...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Langley JM,Naus M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination has been a successful tool in the protection against many infectious diseases, and recent advances in biotechnology have created new techniques and strategies to produce safe and efficacious vaccines for human use. However, developing a protective vaccine against malaria has been a challenge. In this artic...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Coban C,Horii T,Akira S,Ishii KJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dendritic cells (DCs) regulate mucosal T-cell immunity and encounter several distinct bacteria of the gut flora, including lactobacilli. Gram-positive lactobacilli have been suggested to play an important role in exerting adjuvanticity effects on innate immune cells at mucosal sites. AIMS & METHODS:In the p...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Mohamadzadeh M,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination vaccines have been used for many years in the USA as part of the primary infant immunization series. However, the current program still requires up to 24 injections by 18 months of age. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in the USA recommends the use of combination vaccines whenever possible....

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： White C,Halperin SA,Scheifele DW

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccines remain the primary public health tool in reducing the ever-present burden of influenza and its complications. In seeking more immunogenic, more effective and more broadly cross-protective influenza vaccines, the landscape of influenza vaccines is rapidly expanding, both in near-term advances and nex...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Reber A,Katz J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intranasal influenza vaccines are expected to confer protection among vaccine recipients by successful induction of mucosal immune response in the upper respiratory tract. Though only live attenuated influenza virus vaccines (LAIVs) are licensed and available for intranasal use in humans today, intranasal ...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Sano K,Ainai A,Suzuki T,Hasegawa H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Due to overcome the hardness of the vaccine design, computational vaccinology is emerging widely. Prediction of T cell and B cell epitopes, antigen processing analysis, antigenicity analysis, population coverage, conservancy analysis, allergenicity assessment, toxicity prediction, and protein-peptide docki...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Kardani K,Bolhassani A,Namvar A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notifications of infant deaths, assumed to be related to the introduction of new pentavalent DTwP-Hib-HBV childhood vaccines, caused, during 2008-2010 in few Asian countries, temporary interruptions of the respective vaccination programs. The sudden appearance of fatal cases was due to increased awareness/publicity an...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Herzog C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several subtypes of influenza A viruses with pandemic potential are endemic in bird populations throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and evidence suggests that these viruses are adapting to the mammalian host. As emphasized by the high mortality rate of humans infected with H5N1 viruses, this situation present...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Barrett PN,Portsmouth D,Ehrlich HJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated memory responses and antibody persistence to diphtheria-toxoid, tetanus-toxoid, whole-cell-pertussis (DTwP), and Hepatitis-B vaccines in HIV-unexposed, HIV-exposed-uninfected and HIV-infected children previously randomized to initiate time-limited ART at 6-10 weeks (ART-Immed) or when clinically...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Simani OE,Izu A,Nunes MC,Violari A,Cotton MF,Van Niekerk N,Adrian PV,Madhi SA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Herpes zoster (HZ) causes an often severe and painful rash in older people and may be complicated by prolonged pain (postherpetic neuralgia; PHN) and by dissemination in immune-compromised patients. HZ results from reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, often associated with age-rel...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Cunningham AL,Heineman T

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of meningococcal disease in developed countries. There is currently no vaccine offering wide-ranging protection. Development of a serogroup B polysaccharide-based vaccine has been hindered by potential risks of autoantibodies that cross-react with glycosylated ho...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Bai X,Borrow R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the molecular farming area, transient expression approaches for pharmaceutical proteins production, mainly recombinant monoclonal antibodies and vaccines, were developed almost two decades ago and, to date, these systems basically depend on Agrobacterium-mediated delivery and virus expression machinery. We survey h...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Komarova TV,Baschieri S,Donini M,Marusic C,Benvenuto E,Dorokhov YL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Second Conference on Controversies in Vaccination in Adults, leading vaccine experts among manufacturers, physicians, microbiologists, virologists, immunologists and public health specialists came together to discuss recent approaches, developments and strategies in vaccination against worldwide pressing epidem...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Doerr HW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Streptococcus pneumoniae causes mucosal and invasive diseases with high morbidity and mortality. Introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) into routine infant immunization programs worldwide resulted in serotype 19A becoming a leading cause of the remaining pneumococcal disease bur...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Isturiz R,Sings HL,Hilton B,Arguedas A,Reinert RR,Jodar L

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Controlling the preventable infectious diseases is the main goal of vaccination. Among the vaccines, combined vaccines are of great importance for their social, public health, and economic values. It is stated that the combined vaccines are as efficient and safe as the monovalent vaccines. However, a con...

journal_title：Expert review of vaccines

authors： Tafreshi SH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00