Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection

S Brouwer, T Rivera-Hernandez, BF Curren… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) is exquisitely adapted to
the human host, resulting in asymptomatic infection, pharyngitis, pyoderma, scarlet fever or …

The Streptococcus pyogenes vaccine landscape

DR Walkinshaw, MEE Wright, AE Mullin, JL Excler… - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
Recent efforts have re-invigorated the Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus)
vaccine development field, though scientific, regulatory and commercial barriers persist, and …

A Review of Streptococcus pyogenes: Public Health Risk Factors, Prevention and Control

NJ Avire, H Whiley, K Ross - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Streptococcus pyogenes,(colloquially named “group A streptococcus”(GAS)), is a pathogen
of public health significance, infecting 18.1 million people worldwide and resulting in …

Adjuvanting a subunit SARS-CoV-2 vaccine with clinically relevant adjuvants induces durable protection in mice

L Grigoryan, A Lee, AC Walls, L Lai, B Franco… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Adjuvants enhance the magnitude and the durability of the immune response to vaccines.
However, there is a paucity of comparative studies on the nature of the immune responses …

A brief review on Group A Streptococcus pathogenesis and vaccine development

SA Castro, HC Dorfmueller - Royal Society open science, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS), is a Gram-positive
human-exclusive pathogen, responsible for more than 500 000 deaths annually worldwide …

Update on group A streptococcal vaccine development

JB Dale, MJ Walker - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Preclinical antigen discovery, vaccine formulation, and efficacy studies in animal models
have progressed significantly in recent years. There is now a need to move promising …

Immune signature of acute pharyngitis in a Streptococcus pyogenes human challenge trial

J Anderson, S Imran, HR Frost, KI Azzopardi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Streptococcus pyogenes causes at least 750 million infections and more than 500,000
deaths each year. No vaccine is currently available for S. pyogenes and the use of human …

Rheumatic heart disease: a review of the current status of global research activity

LM Dooley, TB Ahmad, M Pandey, MF Good… - Autoimmunity reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a serious and long-term consequence of acute rheumatic
fever (ARF), an autoimmune sequela of a mucosal infection by Streptococcus pyogenes …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of CD4 T cells during prime immunization determines the success of a therapeutic hepatitis B vaccine in HBV-carrier mouse models

J Su, L Brunner, EA Oz, J Sacherl, G Frank… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We recently developed a heterologous therapeutic vaccination scheme
(TherVacB) comprising a particulate protein prime followed by a modified vaccinia-virus …

A controlled human infection model of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis (CHIVAS-M75): an observational, dose-finding study

J Osowicki, KI Azzopardi, L Fabri, HR Frost… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Streptococcus pyogenes is a leading cause of infection-related morbidity and
mortality. A reinvigorated vaccine development effort calls for new clinically relevant human …