Virus Infection and Vaccine Design

Dear colleagues,

Infection with viruses is a central point/theme in human health and human-related animal’s health. Some of these pathogens represent life-threating risks or are important sociological and economical risk factors that require special care. Effective vaccines are the best prophylactic measure to control the infection and risk associated with them. Inactivated and attenuated virus vaccines, together with recombinant protein based-vaccines have been the main vaccine strategies to control viral infections. The experience in the use of different vaccines for human and animal treatment as well as the ability to manipulate viral genomes and make a rational design of vaccines based of replicating viruses with specific genome manipulation have revolutionized the field. In addition, our better understanding of the protective immune correlates, which are specific to each type of virus, as well as the immunology associated with the vaccine, has been instrumental in improving in the design of immunogens, adjuvants, inoculation routes and doses, and tools to determine the vaccine efficiency.

In this Issue, we are offering the opportunity to receive manuscripts that address any point related to any form of vaccines, both conventional and experimental, against human and animal viral infections. Topics that will be accepted include the following:

• Virus attenuation;
• Recombinant virus and bacteria as vectors for vaccination;
• Inactivation methods;
• Epitope design;
• Adjuvants and antigenic carriers;
• Vaccination routes, doses and timing

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Real Soldevilla
Prof. Dr. Estanislao Nistal-Villán
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• vaccine
• attenuation
• recombinant vaccines
• adjuvants
• protective immune correlates