Recent Advances in Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Vaccines and Therapeutic Developments".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2026 | Viewed by 400
Editors
Interests: HIV; retroviruses; oncogenic viruses; vaccines; new vaccine platforms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vaccinology is a rapidly and continuously evolving field of knowledge and practice. Vaccine-induced immunity aims to mediate protection from different direct or indirect pathogen effects – including infection, disease, hospitalization, and even death. The benefit to the individual, no matter how great it may seem, is incomparable to the benefit to public health and development. Today, in a time of daily advances in biotechnology on one hand, and the threat of emerging and re-еmerging pathogens/viruses on the other, vaccines are becoming a lifelong companion.
Pathogens aims not only to explore the identification of new infectious agents and their interactions with the host, but is also interested in the most modern technologies and approaches to preventing infections, including in specific vulnerable groups of the population. As such, Pathogens is dedicating a Special Issue to “Recent Advances in Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases”. This Special Issue of Pathogens welcomes contributions on new vaccine discoveries and/or proof-of-concept, vaccines against chronic infections that target recurrent disease caused by reactivation of latent infection, monoclonal antibodies/nanоbodies for the treatment/suppression of viral loads and accompanying symptoms, vaccine-elicited mucosal antibodies, vaccine-induced cellular immunity, further development of virus-like particles vaccines, vector vaccines and vaccination by gene delivery, nucleic acid vaccines, and mRNA vaccines. Special attention will be focused on the vaccination of immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women, travelers, and the elderly population.
To fulfill its mission, this Special Issue invites prominent microbiologists/virologists, epidemiologists, and specialists in molecular biology to share their knowledge and experience in the field.
Prof. Dr. Radka Argirova
Dr. Trifon Valkov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vaccines
- infectious diseases
- immunization
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