This article lists the vaccines current available for the control of both viral and bacterial
infections. They may be attenuated live or inactivated whole microorganisms, or subunit …

Of the 80-plus known infectious agents pathogenic for humans, there are now more than 30
vaccines against 26 mainly viral and bacterial infections and these greatly minimize …

Optimizing the development of modern molecular vaccines requires a complex series of
interdisciplinary efforts involving basic scientists, immunologists, molecular biologists …

The development of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases has been one of the most
important contributions of biomedical science. Recent advances in the basic sciences are …

Arguably, vaccination represents the single most effective medical intervention ever
developed. Yet, vaccines have failed to provide any or adequate protection against some of …

Vaccine Innovations—Past and Future Remarkable progress has been made by the use of
vaccines. The future holds great promise for vaccine-mediated control of global pathogens …

Although the field of immunology developed in part from the early vaccine studies of Edward
Jenner, Louis Pasteur and others, vaccine development had largely become the province of …

The American Academy for Microbiology convened a colloquium March 4-6, 2005, in
Baltimore, Md., to discuss vaccines, current infectious disease problems, the potential for …

Vaccinology has come a long way from early, empirically developed vaccines to modern
vaccines rationally designed and produced. Vaccines are meant to cooperate with the …

Vaccine development has historically relied on approaches such as live attenuated, subunit,
and whole-cell vaccine designs to present antigens to the immune system. These strategies …