Vaccine Efficacy, Impact, Hesitancy and Acceptance: Trends for Public Health
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Vaccine Efficacy and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 11010
Special Issue Editors
Interests: innate immunity; cytokines; T-cells; monocytes; macrophages; dendritic cells; midkine; pleiotrophin; viral infections; vaccines
Interests: vaccines; HIV; AIDS; HLA; cell-mediated immunity
Interests: VIH; Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID); Skin Dendritic Cells (DC); DC-targeting vaccine; adjuvant; route of immunization; human T- and B-cell immune responses; systemic versus mucosal adaptive immunity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vaccines are major tools used in fighting infections and potentially other diseases. Vaccination led to the eradication of the infection with the smallpox virus and a decrease in the number of cases and mortality related to many other infections. The efficacy of a vaccine and its impact on society can affect, directly and indirectly, the degree of the population’s acceptance to be vaccinated. This is a leading factor in the success of a vaccination campaign. To the contrary, the hesitancy of the population to receive the vaccine can negatively affect the efficacy of such campaign. Vaccination depends on the capacity of the immune system to develop efficient responses against pathogen. Therefore, it is essential to understand the detailed mechanisms of the immune responses that affect the efficacy of current vaccines and those under development. This helps understanding the criteria, parameters and correlates that must be considered for the design of efficient vaccines.
The aim of this Special Issue is to publish contributions in the form of research articles and reviews that address the efficacy, impact, hesitancy and the acceptance of vaccines and the effect of these aspects on public health.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Vaccine development:
- The development of novel vaccine preparation;
- The improvement of current vaccines.
- Vaccine Efficacy:
- The immune mechanisms associated with vaccine efficacy;
- The design or the results of public vaccine awareness campaigns;
- Vaccine Impact:
- The side effects of a vaccine;
- The impact of vaccination campaigns on diseases.
- Hesitancy and acceptance of vaccines:
- Factors that affect the population’s attitude towards vaccination;
- Awareness of the population of the importance of vaccinations or a particular vaccine.
Dr. Elias A. Said
Dr. Ali A. Al-Jabri
Dr. Sylvain Cardinaud
Dr. Alessandra Noto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vaccine
- vaccination
- development
- efficacy
- hesitancy
- immune responses
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