Strategic and scientific contributions of human challenge trials for vaccine development: facts versus fantasy

YN Abo, E Jamrozik, JS McCarthy… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The unprecedented speed of delivery of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic vaccines has redefined the
limits for all vaccine development. Beyond the aspirational 100-day timeline for tomorrow's …

[HTML][HTML] A human model of Buruli ulcer: The case for controlled human infection and considerations for selecting a Mycobacterium ulcerans challenge strain

S Muhi, J Osowicki, D O'Brien… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Critical knowledge gaps regarding infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, the cause of
Buruli ulcer (BU), have impeded development of new therapeutic approaches and vaccines …

Challenge inoculum for hepatitis C virus controlled human infection model

TJ Liang, JLM Law, T Pietschmann… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
For any controlled human infection model (CHIM), a safe, standardized, and biologically
relevant challenge inoculum is necessary. For hepatitis C virus (HCV) CHIM, we propose …

Benefits of combining Molecular Biology and Controlled Human Infection Model methodologies in advancing Vaccine Development

M ElSherif, SA Halperin - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases continue to account for a significant portion of global deaths despite the
use of vaccines for several centuries. Immunization programs around the world are a …

[HTML][HTML] The Challenge Non-Typhoidal Salmonella (CHANTS) Consortium: Development of a non-typhoidal Salmonella controlled human infection model: Report …

C Smith, E Smith, C Chiu, J Hinton… - Wellcome open …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella disease (iNTS) is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality globally, particularly as a cause of bloodstream infection in children and …

[HTML][HTML] A novel chimeric vaccine containing multiple epitopes for simulating robust immune activation against Klebsiella pneumoniae

M Hakimian, A Doosti, A Sharifzadeh - BMC immunology, 2024 - Springer
Background Due to antibiotic resistance, the Klebsiella genus is linked to morbidity and
death, necessitating the development of a universally protective vaccine against Klebsiella …

Protocol for the challenge non-typhoidal Salmonella (CHANTS) study: a first-in-human, in-patient, double-blind, randomised, safety and dose-escalation controlled …

C Smith, E Smith, A Rydlova, R Varro, JCD Hinton… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) serovars are a major cause of
community-acquired bloodstream infections in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this setting …

A new tool for accelerating tuberculosis vaccine development

M Jeyanathan, Z Xing - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024 - thelancet.com
Tuberculosis remains a formidable global health challenge, causing substantial morbidity
and mortality due to the limited protection in the lungs provided by the current BCG vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] homeRNA self-blood collection enables high-frequency temporal profiling of pre-symptomatic host immune kinetics to respiratory viral infection: a prospective …

FY Lim, HG Lea, A Dostie, T van Neel, G Hassan… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Early host immunity to acute respiratory infections (ARIs) is heterogenous,
dynamic, and critical to an individual's infection outcome. Due to limitations in sampling …

Safety, effectiveness, and skin immune response in a controlled human infection model of sand fly transmitted cutaneous leishmaniasis.

V Parkash, H Ashwin, S Dey, J Sadlova, B Vojtkova… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
The leishmaniases are globally important parasitic diseases for which no human vaccines
are currently available. To facilitate vaccine development, we conducted an open label …