Research on Immune Response and Vaccines: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The importance of vaccination is clear with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, even though researchers have been working on vaccines for decades, many diseases such as bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections still don't have effective vaccines. The primary aim of vaccination is to generate a safe and effective long-term immune response against targeted diseases. Vaccines activate the immune system to produce memory T and B which will mount a rapid and robust response to antigens they have previously encountered, thus preventing the disease or reducing its severity when exposed to the pathogen later on.

In this Special Issue, we will gather research articles related to the efficacy and effectiveness of vaccines, vaccine failure, herd immunity, herd effect, and epidemiological transfer, specifically vaccine-related immune responses. We welcome research using both quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as contributions featuring under-researched populations.

Prof. Dr. James Galloway
Guest Editor

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