Despite widespread influenza vaccination programs, influenza remains a major cause of
morbidity and mortality in older adults. Age-related changes in multiple aspects of the …

Serological assays detecting neutralising antibodies are important for determining the
immune responses following infection or vaccination and are also often considered a …

The infection by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has taken the dimension of a
pandemic, affecting more than 160 countries in a few weeks. In Colombia, despite the …

Commercial influenza virus vaccines often elicit strain-specific immune responses and have
difficulties preventing illness caused by antigenically drifted viral variants. In the last 20 …

Influenza, commonly referred to as “flu,” is a major global public health concern and a huge
economic burden to societies. Current influenza vaccines need to be updated annually to …

Most influenza vaccines are administered via intramuscular injection which has several
disadvantages that might jeopardize the compliance of vaccinees. Intradermal …

A prophylactic hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccine that elicits neutralizing antibodies could be
key to HCV eradication. However, the genetic and antigenic properties of HCV envelope …

Introduction Influenza vaccines play a vital role in protecting individuals from influenza virus
infection and severe illness. However, current influenza vaccines have suboptimal efficacy …

Defining immune correlates of disease severity is important to better understand the
immunopathogenesis in COVID-19. Here we made use of a protein microarray platform to …

The current seasonal inactivated influenza vaccine protects only against a narrow range of
virus strains as it triggers a dominant antibody response toward the hypervariable …