Emerging viruses and current strategies for vaccine intervention

B Afrough, S Dowall, R Hewson - Clinical & Experimental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
During the past decade several notable viruses have suddenly emerged from obscurity or
anonymity to become serious global health threats, provoking concern regarding their …

Allele frequency net database (AFND) 2020 update: gold-standard data classification, open access genotype data and new query tools

FF Gonzalez-Galarza, A McCabe… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Allele Frequency Net Database (AFND, www. allelefrequencies. net) provides
the scientific community with a freely available repository for the storage of frequency data …

Epitope prediction and identification-adaptive T cell responses in humans

J Sidney, B Peters, A Sette - Seminars in immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Epitopes, in the context of T cell recognition, are short peptides typically derived by antigen
processing, and presented on the cell surface bound to MHC molecules (HLA molecules in …

Designing multi-epitope vaccines to combat emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by employing immuno-informatics approach

A Naz, F Shahid, TT Butt, FM Awan, A Ali… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A recent pandemic caused by a single-stranded RNA virus, COVID-19, initially discovered in
China, is now spreading globally. This poses a serious threat that needs to be addressed …

Immuno-informatics profiling of monkeypox virus cell surface binding protein for designing a next generation multi-valent peptide-based vaccine

M Yousaf, S Ismail, A Ullah, S Bibi - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Monkeypox is a viral etiological agent with hallmarks analogous to those observed in
smallpox cases in the past. The ongoing outbreak of Monkeypox viral infection is becoming …

Recombinant and epitope-based vaccines on the road to the market and implications for vaccine design and production

P Oyarzún, B Kobe - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Novel vaccination approaches based on rational design of B-and T-cell epitopes-epitope-
based vaccines-are making progress in the clinical trial pipeline. The epitope-focused …

Current progress in developing subunit vaccines against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-associated diarrhea

W Zhang, DA Sack - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Diarrhea continues to be a leading cause of death in children< 5 years of age, and
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the most common bacterial cause of children's …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of promiscuous T-cell epitopes in the Zika virus polyprotein: An in silico approach

H Dar, T Zaheer, MT Rehman, A Ali, A Javed… - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To predict immunogenic promiscuous T cell epitopes from the polyprotein of the
Zika virus using a range of bioinformatics tools. To date, no epitope data are available for the …

Major histocompatibility complex linked databases and prediction tools for designing vaccines

SP Singh, BN Mishra - Human immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Presently, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is receiving considerable interest
owing to its remarkable role in antigen presentation and vaccine design. The specific …

The role of HLA genetic variants in COVID‐19 susceptibility, severity, and mortality: A global review

T Hoseinnezhad, N Soltani, S Ziarati… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a profound global impact, with variations in
susceptibility, severity, and mortality rates across different regions. While many factors can …