Vaccines and Antibody-Based Therapeutics Against Infectious Disease

A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Vaccines against Tropical and other Infectious Diseases".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 788

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Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Interests: infectious disease; host immune response; vaccine and diagnostics development; targeting cellular signal molecules; transcription factors; immune regulation and immunotherapeutics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Infectious diseases remain a global challenge due to their continual resurgence and persistence, impacting humans and agriculture. It is important to prevent these diseases and epidemics. Although there have been recent advances in preventive therapeutics, there is still a need to develop vaccines and antibody-based therapeutic disease interventions. New approaches are needed, whether prophylactic or therapeutic, to advance the field and achieve better outcomes.

This Special Issue aims to update advances in vaccine and antibody-based therapies. The collection will address current research and the development of new technologies and welcomes review and original research articles focusing on new horizons of immunity and therapy against infectious diseases that emphasize preclinical and clinical vaccines, antibody-based prophylaxis, and treatment regimens.

Dr. Suman Kundu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • infectious disease
  • vaccine
  • antibody
  • therapy
  • agriculture
  • protection

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Host Immune Response to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV): Insights and Strategies for Effective Vaccine Design
by Asamenew Tesfaye Melkamsew, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema and Jan Paeshuyse
Vaccines 2025, 13(5), 456; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13050456 - 25 Apr 2025
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Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is caused by bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a member of the genus Pestivirus and in the family Flaviviridae. According to some studies, the disease incurs USD 1.5–2.5 billion per year and USD 0.50 to USD 687.80 per cow [...] Read more.
Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is caused by bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a member of the genus Pestivirus and in the family Flaviviridae. According to some studies, the disease incurs USD 1.5–2.5 billion per year and USD 0.50 to USD 687.80 per cow loss in beef and dairy farms, respectively. Using vaccines is among the strategies to prevent the disease. However, complete protection requires vaccines that target both the humoral and cellular immune responses of the adaptive immune system. A comprehensive literature review was made to provide insights into the interaction of BVDV with host immunity, vaccine applications, and the limitation of the currently available vaccines, as well as explore strategies used to advance the vaccines. BVDV causes immunosuppression by interfering with the innate and adaptive immune systems in a manner that is species and biotype-dependent. Interferon production, apoptosis, neutrophil activity, and antigen-processing and presenting cells are significantly affected during the viral infection. Despite maternal antibodies (MatAbs) being crucial to protect calves from early-age infection, a higher level of MatAbs are counterproductive during the immunization of calves. There are numerous inactivated or modified BVDV vaccines, most of which are made of cytopathic BVDV 1 and 2 and the BVDV 1a subgenotypes. Furthermore, subunit, marker, DNA and mRNA vaccines are made predominantly from E2, Erns, and NS3 proteins of the virus in combination with modern adjuvants, although the vaccines have not yet been licensed for use and are in the experimental stage. The existing BVDV vaccines target the humoral immune system, which never gives the full picture of protection without the involvement of the cell-mediated immune system. Several limitations were associated with conventional and next-generation vaccines that reduce BVDV vaccine efficiency. In general, providing complete protection against BVDV is very complex, which requires a multi-pronged approach to study factors affecting vaccine efficacy and strategies needed to improve vaccine efficacy and safety. Full article
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