Transforming Veterinary Vaccinology: From Empirical Immunity to Scientific and Systems-Based Approaches
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Vaccines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 243
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vaccine; adjuvant; immunostimulant; antigen-delivery system; innate-adaptive immunity; mucosal–systemic immunity; maternally-derived antibodies; infectious viral disease; systems immunology
Interests: animal model; drug discovery; epithelial cells; Infectious diseases; immunopathogenesis; molecular immunology; mother to child transmission; mucosal immunology; vaccine; viral disease; veterinary microbiology
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to highlight the evolving landscape of veterinary vaccinology within the scope of the journal, Vaccines, by addressing not only cellular and humoral immunity-based approaches but also the simultaneous induction of systemic and mucosal immunity and, importantly, their experimental and multidimensional validation through advanced immune profiling.
Recent advances in experimental and clinical immunology have enabled dynamic investigations of both innate and adaptive immune responses. While traditional vaccine platforms—including inactivated, live attenuated, and recombinant vaccines—remain integral to veterinary vaccine strategies, ongoing progress in precision vaccinology has introduced more comprehensive and data-informed methodologies.
In particular, multidimensional immune analysis, comprehensive immune profiling, and data-driven insights are increasingly valuable tools for elucidating vaccine-induced immune mechanisms and guiding rational vaccine design. These integrative approaches emphasize not only the prediction of immune outcomes but also their rigorous biological and experimental validation, bridging the gap between data and practical vaccine application.
In parallel, the development of novel adjuvants and advanced antigen delivery systems plays a crucial role in maximizing the efficacy of next-generation veterinary vaccines.
Topics of interest include the following:
- Vaccine antigen discovery and characterization using AI-based epitope prediction, omics-driven host–pathogen interactions, and experimental efficacy validation;
- Development and evaluation of traditional and next-generation vaccine platforms;
- Multidimensional immune response profiling and identification of correlates of protection, with an emphasis on the biological validation of vaccine candidates following their design;
- Field application studies and efficacy assessments of new veterinary vaccines;
- Comparative vaccinology exploring immunological differences across various animal species;
- Tailored vaccine strategies by species or disease.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and short communications addressing both traditional and emerging infectious diseases in livestock, companion animals, and wildlife.
Dr. Min Ja Lee
Dr. Bapi Pahar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- veterinary vaccinology
- precision vaccinology
- multidimensional immune analysis
- next-generation vaccine platform
- novel adjuvants
- comparative and translational vaccinology
- biological validation
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