Vaccinology: time to change the paradigm?

CS Benn, AB Fisker, A Rieckmann, S Sørup… - The lancet infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
The existing vaccine paradigm assumes that vaccines only protect against the target
infection, that effective vaccines reduce mortality corresponding to the target infection's …

[HTML][HTML] Host-malaria parasite interactions and impacts on mutual evolution

X Su, C Zhang, DA Joy - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is the most deadly parasitic disease, affecting hundreds of millions of people
worldwide. Malaria parasites have been associated with their hosts for millions of years …

[HTML][HTML] Willingness to accept malaria vaccine among caregivers of under-5 children in Southwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

G Asmare - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Malaria is widespread in Ethiopia and has been a major cause of illness and
death in that country. Therefore, Ethiopia has been exerting enormous efforts towards …

RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine—proven safe and effective?

A Björkman, CS Benn, P Aaby… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
In October, 2021, WHO recommended that the RTS, S malaria vaccine, with its strong safety
profile and high impact, be provided to children from age 5 months in regions with moderate …

[HTML][HTML] Adjuvant Systems for vaccines: 13 years of post-licensure experience in diverse populations have progressed the way adjuvanted vaccine safety is …

B Laupèze, C Hervé, A Di Pasquale, FT Da Silva - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Adjuvant Systems (AS) are combinations of immune stimulants that enhance the immune
response to vaccine antigens. The first vaccine containing an AS (AS04) was licensed in …

[HTML][HTML] RTS, S malaria vaccine and increased mortality in girls

SL Klein, F Shann, WJ Moss, CS Benn, P Aaby - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Malaria was estimated to result in 214 million clinical cases and 438,000 deaths in 2015,
primarily in children under 5 years of age. In Africa, malaria causes approximately 10% of all …

[HTML][HTML] Versatility of live-attenuated measles viruses as platform technology for recombinant vaccines

A Ebenig, MV Lange, MD Mühlebach - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Live-attenuated measles virus (MeV) has been extraordinarily effective in preventing
measles infections and their often deadly sequelae, accompanied by remarkable safety and …

Do vaccines increase or decrease susceptibility to diseases other than those they protect against?

A Rubio-Casillas, CM Rodriguez-Quintero… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Contrary to the long-held belief that the effects of vaccines are specific for the disease they
were created; compelling evidence has demonstrated that vaccines can exert positive or …

Unravelling the nature of non-specific effects of vaccines—A challenge for innate immunologists

KJ Jensen, CS Benn, R van Crevel - Seminars in immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Epidemiological observations have shown that vaccines can influence morbidity and
mortality more than can be ascribed to target-disease immunity. A growing number of …

[HTML][HTML] Revised World Health Organization (WHO)'s causality assessment of adverse events following immunization—a critique

J Puliyel, P Naik - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently revised how adverse events
after immunization (AEFI) are classified. Only reactions that have previously been …