Streptococcal Vaccines: Current Status and Future Directions
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 181
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Interests: vaccines and nanomedicine; vaccine design; nanotechnology; peptide chemistry; medicinal chemistry; vaccine/drug delivery; antimicrobial agents; macromolecules; adjuvants; immunology
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit an article to this Special Issue titled “Streptococcal Vaccines: Current Status and Future Directions”. The submission deadline is 31 July 2026.
Streptococcal infections are among the most common bacterial infections. Among Streptococcal species, three are of significant concern: (a) Group B Streptococcus (GBS), causing serious infections like pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis; (b) Streptococcus pneumoniae, causing a common community-acquired pneumonia, particularly in young children and the elderly; and (c) Group A Streptococcus (GAS), causing strep throat, skin and bloodstream infections, and deadly rheumatic heart diseases. Vaccines against S. pneumoniae are available (e.g., Prevenar 13, Pneumovax 23); however, they do not offer universal protection, while vaccines against other streptococci are in development. Given the global spread, growing antibiotic resistance, and high mortality rate related to systemic infections and autoimmune postinfection complications, the need for the development of vaccines against these bacteria is of high priority.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome and may include the following topics:
- Vaccine development against Group A or B Streptococcus;
- Vaccines targeting other Streptococcal species;
- Adjuvants in streptococcal vaccines;
- Animal models for streptococcal vaccines;
- Clinical trials on the Streptococcal vaccines.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Mariusz Skwarczynski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- group A, B streptococcus
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- streptococcal vaccines
- streptococcal antigens
- adjuvants
- animal models
- clinical trials
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