Development of Pneumococcal Vaccines for the World
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Vaccines and Therapeutic Developments".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2021) | Viewed by 19096
Special Issue Editor
2. St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Interests: mucosal immunology; immunoregulation (in autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases and infections); interaction between gut microbiota and the immune system; vaccination
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Dear Colleagues,
Ninety years ago, Oswald Avery made a breakthrough discovery when he coupled proteins to bacterial polysaccharides and found that the resulting conjugate possessed improved immunogenicity and even induced immunological memory. After a lag period of over half a century, his principles have been applied in the design of a whole new category of pneumococcal vaccines: The pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. These vaccines, directed against the 7–13 most prevalent pneumococcal serotypes, are effective in the prevention of both invasive as well as mucosal pneumococcal infections in children. Despite this success, and despite antibiotic treatment options, the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia in terms of morbidity and mortality remains high, both for children and the elderly. The issues to be addressed in the field of vaccine development are serotype coverage, serotype replacement, geographical distribution of serotypes, nature of the vaccines (polysaccharide or protein based), as well as (economical) affordability. We therefore invite all clinical and biomedical researchers, whether from this field or coming from a clinical, public health, or manufacturing background, to submit their work to be considered for publication in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Ger Rijkers
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pneumococcal vaccines
- polysaccharide conjugates
- global epidemiology
- pneumonia
- pediatric
- elderly