Reverse vaccinology 2.0: Human immunology instructs vaccine antigen design

R Rappuoli, MJ Bottomley, U D'Oro, O Finco… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
Traditionally, vaccines have been developed by cultivating infectious agents and isolating
the inactivated whole pathogen or some of its purified components. 20 years ago, reverse …

A review of reverse vaccinology approaches for the development of vaccines against ticks and tick borne diseases

AE Lew-Tabor, MR Valle - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2016 - Elsevier
The field of reverse vaccinology developed as an outcome of the genome sequence
revolution. Following the introduction of live vaccinations in the western world by Edward …

How can vaccines contribute to solving the antimicrobial resistance problem?

M Lipsitch, GR Siber - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is a growing appreciation for the role of vaccines in confronting the problem of
antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Vaccines can reduce the prevalence of resistance by …

Towards peptide vaccines against Zika virus: Immunoinformatics combined with molecular dynamics simulations to predict antigenic epitopes of Zika viral proteins

M Usman Mirza, S Rafique, A Ali, M Munir, N Ikram… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in Brazil has developed to a global health
concern due to its likely association with birth defects (primary microcephaly) and …

Strategies for new and improved vaccines against ticks and tick‐borne diseases

J de la Fuente, P Kopáček, A Lew‐Tabor… - Parasite …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ticks infest a variety of animal species and transmit pathogens causing disease in both
humans and animals worldwide. Tick–host–pathogen interactions have evolved through …

Identification of Novel Vaccine Candidates against Campylobacter through Reverse Vaccinology

M Meunier, M Guyard-Nicodème… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Campylobacteriosis is the most prevalent bacterial foodborne gastroenteritis affecting
humans in the European Union. Human cases are mainly due to Campylobacter jejuni or …

Computer-aided vaccine designing approach against fish pathogens Edwardsiella tarda and Flavobacterium columnare using bioinformatics softwares

R Mahendran, S Jeyabaskar… - Drug design …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Edwardsiella tarda and Flavobacterium columnare are two important intracellular
pathogenic bacteria that cause the infectious diseases edwardsiellosis and columnaris in …

[HTML][HTML] Design of the ATAQ peptide and its evaluation as an immunogen to develop a Rhipicephalus vaccine

AAR Aguirre, FP Lobo, RC Cunha, MV Garcia… - Veterinary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tick infestation may cause several problems including affecting domestic animal health and
reducing the production of meat and milk, among others. Resistance to several classes of …

Immunogencity of antigens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis self-assembled as particulate vaccines

PR Reyes, NA Parlane, DN Wedlock… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traditional approaches to vaccine development have failed to identify better vaccines to
replace or supplement BCG for the control of tuberculosis (TB). Subunit vaccines offer a …

Rationally designed vaccines targeting the V2 region of HIV-1 gp120 induce a focused, cross-clade-reactive, biologically functional antibody response

S Zolla-Pazner, R Powell, S Yahyaei… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Strong antibody (Ab) responses against V1V2 epitopes of the human immunodeficiency
virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp120 envelope (Env) correlated with reduced infection rates in studies …