COVID Vaccines: Design, Development, and Immune Response Studies

Dear Colleagues,

COVID-19 vaccines have represented an unprecedented effort to contain a pandemic. Developed at record time, they have saved millions of lives over the past couple of years. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement at different fronts, ranging from the elicitation of mucosal immunity and the prevention of transmission to the ability to elicit greater immune responses in immunocompromised patients. While it is currently not clear whether yearly boosts will continue to be required, multivalent vaccines based on updated versions of the Spike protein are under development, as well as vaccines based on SARS-CoV-2 antigens other than Spike, and combo vaccines with flu and pneumococcus. In this Special Issues, we welcome original research and systematic reviews on vaccine design, immune responses, and different boosting protocols.

Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Maggi
Dr. Licia Bordi
Guest Editors

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