The Development of Adjuvanted Recombinant Vaccines against Infectious Diseases

A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Vaccine Adjuvants".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 57

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Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Interests: infectious diseases; recombinant vaccines; adjuvants; delivery systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

While significant progress has been made in preventing and controlling infectious diseases globally, humanity continues to suffer from their devastating effects. Vaccines play a crucial role in combating infectious diseases. Many successful vaccines have been developed to immunize against human infectious diseases, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, there remains a need for improved or novel vaccines to provide optimal and long-lasting protection against various infectious diseases. One strategy for developing new and more effective vaccines involves using immunogenic proteins in the form of recombinant vaccines. However, recombinant proteins are generally weak antigens and necessitate appropriate adjuvants and delivery systems to enhance their protective efficacy. Incorporating adjuvants can reduce the antigens required to elicit an optimal immune response, thereby minimizing adverse effects at the inoculation site.

This Special Issue invites original research and review articles on the efficacy of adjuvanted recombinant vaccines in preclinical and clinical trials against bacterial, parasitic, fungal, and viral infections for consideration.

Prof. Dr. Abu Salim Mustafa
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • infectious diseases
  • vaccines
  • recombinant antigens
  • adjuvants

Published Papers

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