DNA and mRNA-Based Vaccines against Infectious Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

I am glad to announce a new Special Issue of IJMS, titled “DNA and mRNA-Based Vaccines against Infectious Diseases”. This Special Issue covers all relevant topics related to DNA and mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases in human and animals, ranging from the rational design to the development and production of preclinical and clinical applications. While human vaccines are of particular interest, manuscripts on animal vaccines are also welcome.

This Special Issue welcomes the submission of original research articles, short communications, and review articles with a focus on, but not limited to, the following:

1. The development of DNA- and mRNA-based vaccines;
2. The delivery of DNA- and mRNA-based vaccines;
3. The mechanism involved in the elicited responses;
4. Vaccine safety;
5. Vaccines to prevent zoonotic transmission targeting the animal reservoir;
6. Advances in DNA and mRNA vaccine formulation and adjuvantisation;
7. Small animal model for vaccine evaluation.

Prof. Dr. Wentao Li
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. There is an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal. For details about the APC please see here. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• mRNA vaccines
• DNA vaccines
• vaccine delivery
• infectious disease
• animal model