Dear Colleagues,

Currently, emerging and zoonotic viral infectious diseases are considered a serious threat to public health. Some zoonotic viral illnesses, such as Coronavirus (SARS, MERS, and most recently, SARS-CoV-2), influenza, Nipah virus, Hendra virus, Ebola virus, and other vector-borne viruses, have endangered human and animal health and resulted in significant financial loss. Over the past 100 years, vaccinations are definitely the most effective preventive tool against infectious diseases and represent one of the most important achievements in medicine. Although this is significant, this number becomes proportionately tiny when compared to the total number of diseases that currently affect both humans and animals worldwide. This illustrates gaps in knowledge on particular pathogens, immunopathology, and the nuanced interaction between pathogen and host. As a result, although receiving a lot of attention, several diseases that are widespread around the world still lack a reliable vaccination or even a pre-clinical or clinical study that is actively being conducted. This Special Issue invites all types of manuscripts, including reviews, research articles, and short communications. The topics may include (but are not restricted to) antigen design, new effective adjuvants and delivery techniques, cross-protection between various genotypes/serotypes, methods and means for evaluating vaccine efficacy and safety, and the immunogen design and investigation for universal vaccines.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zhuo Ha
Dr. Lili Zhao
Dr. Hao Liu
Guest Editors

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• vaccine
• emerging viruses
• zoonosis
• Coronavirus
• flavivirus
• vaccine efficacy
• immunogen design