This timely volume brings together a range of international scholars to analyse cultural,
political, and individual factors which contribute to the continued global issue of female …

Antigenic similarities between Zika virus (ZIKV) and other flaviviruses pose challenges to the
development of virus-specific diagnostic tools and effective vaccines. Starting with a DNA …

The four dengue virus serotypes (DENV1–4) are the most prevalent arboviruses in humans
and a major public health concern worldwide. Identification of the immune mechanisms that …

Vaccine development to prevent Salmonella Typhi infections has accelerated over the past
decade, resulting in licensure of new vaccines, which use the Vi polysaccharide (Vi PS) of …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need to tackle viral variants, expand the
number of antigens, and assess diverse delivery systems for vaccines against emerging …

Flaviviruses, such as dengue, zika, yellow fever, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis virus,
are RNA viruses belonging to the Flaviviridae family (genus Flavivirus). They represent an …

The 2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic catalyzed a global effort to develop diagnostic tests,
vaccines, and therapeutic treatments. However, the rapid waning epidemiology of ZIKV …

Zika virus (ZIKV) can cause devastating effects in the unborn fetus of pregnant women. To
develop a candidate vaccine that can protect human fetuses, we generated a panel of live …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus with maternal infection associated with
preterm birth, congenital malformations, and fetal death, and adult infection associated with …

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) causes severe respiratory illness in children and can result in a
debilitating paralytic disease known as acute flaccid myelitis. No treatment or vaccine for EV …