Viral Immunogenicity and Design of Vaccines
A Special Issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915) belonging to the section "Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 May 2027 | Viewed by 471
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite being the most genetically diverse biological entities collectively on the planet, viruses share common principles that govern how their molecular features are recognized and engaged by the immune system. Historically, viral immunogenicity was often framed as “foreignness plus multivalency”. Today, high-resolution structural, biochemical, and immunological approaches are revealing, with quantitative details, the specific “ingredients” of a viral immunogen and how these “ingredients” together shape the host immune response. This Special Issue of Viruses, “Viral Immunogenicity and Design of Vaccines,” invites original research and reviews that dissect the molecular and cellular basis of viral immunogenicity and translate these insights into rational vaccine design. We particularly welcome work that links fundamental mechanisms—at the level of structure, molecular composition, innate–adaptive crosstalk or B/T cell recognition—to the development of safe, durable and broad antiviral immunity across diverse viral families.
Prof. Dr. Wei Cheng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- virus
- immunogenicity
- antibody response
- T cells
- B cells
- innate receptor
- toll-like receptor
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