The Diversity of Escherichia coli Pathotypes and Vaccination Strategies against This Versatile Bacterial Pathogen

P Pokharel, S Dhakal, CM Dozois - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a gram-negative bacillus and resident of the normal intestinal
microbiota. However, some E. coli strains can cause diseases in humans, other mammals …

Expanding antibiotic, vaccine, and diagnostics development and access to tackle antimicrobial resistance

R Laxminarayan, I Impalli, R Rangarajan, J Cohn… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
The increasing number of bacterial infections globally that do not respond to any available
antibiotics indicates a need to invest in—and ensure access to—new antibiotics, vaccines …

A next-generation GMMA-based vaccine candidate to fight shigellosis

O Rossi, F Citiulo, C Giannelli, E Cappelletti… - NPJ vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
Shigellosis is a leading cause of diarrheal disease in low-middle-income countries (LMICs).
Effective vaccines will help to reduce the disease burden, exacerbated by increasing …

Toward a Shigella Vaccine: Opportunities and Challenges to Fight an Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogen

MM Raso, V Arato, G Gasperini, F Micoli - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Shigellosis causes more than 200,000 deaths worldwide and most of this burden falls on
Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), with a particular incidence in children under 5 …

Antimicrobial-resistant Shigella: where do we go next?

S Baker, TA Scott - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Shigella spp. that are resistant to almost all antimicrobial classes are increasing in
prevalence and becoming globally dominant. The situation is critical and highlights a trend …

Shigella induces epigenetic reprogramming of zebrafish neutrophils

MC Gomes, D Brokatzky, MK Bielecka, FC Wardle… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Trained immunity is a long-term memory of innate immune cells, generating an improved
response upon reinfection. Shigella is an important human pathogen and inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Threshold protective levels of serum IgG to Shigella lipopolysaccharide: re-analysis of Shigella vaccine trials data

D Cohen, S Ashkenazi, R Schneerson… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Establishing a correlate of protection is essential for the development and
licensure of Shigella vaccines. We examined potential threshold levels of serum IgG to …

Hit 'em Where It Hurts: Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target

AS Cross - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infections with antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria pose an increasing threat to the ability
to perform surgical procedures, organ transplantation, and treat cancer among many other …

Functional assays to evaluate antibody-mediated responses against Shigella: a review

E Boero, G Vezzani, F Micoli, M Pizza… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Shigella is a major global pathogen and the etiological agent of shigellosis, a diarrheal
disease that primarily affects low-and middle-income countries. Shigellosis is characterized …

Salmonella Combination Vaccines: Moving Beyond Typhoid

CA MacLennan, J Stanaway, S Grow… - Open Forum …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
There is now a robust pipeline of licensed and World Health Organization (WHO)–
prequalified typhoid conjugate vaccines with a steady progression of national introductions …