Respiratory syncytial virus prevention within reach: the vaccine and monoclonal antibody landscape

NI Mazur, J Terstappen, R Baral, A Bardají… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Respiratory syncytial virus is the second most common cause of infant mortality and a major
cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults (aged> 60 years). Efforts to develop a …

Antibodies to combat viral infections: development strategies and progress

G Pantaleo, B Correia, C Fenwick, VS Joo… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are appealing as potential therapeutics and prophylactics for
viral infections owing to characteristics such as their high specificity and their ability to …

Bivalent prefusion F vaccine in pregnancy to prevent RSV illness in infants

B Kampmann, SA Madhi, I Munjal… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Whether vaccination during pregnancy could reduce the burden of respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV)–associated lower respiratory tract illness in newborns and infants is …

Efficacy and safety of a bivalent RSV prefusion F vaccine in older adults

EE Walsh, G Pérez Marc, AM Zareba… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection causes considerable illness in older
adults. The efficacy and safety of an investigational bivalent RSV prefusion F protein–based …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of an mRNA-based RSV PreF vaccine in older adults

E Wilson, J Goswami, AH Baqui… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause substantial morbidity and mortality
among older adults. An mRNA-based RSV vaccine, mRNA-1345, encoding the stabilized …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of an Ad26. RSV. preF–RSV preF protein vaccine in older adults

AR Falsey, K Williams, E Gymnopoulou… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause serious lower respiratory tract
disease in older adults, but no licensed RSV vaccine currently exists. An adenovirus …

Vaccines for COVID-19

JS Tregoning, ES Brown… - Clinical & …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Since the emergence of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the end of 2019,
there has been an explosion of vaccine development. By 24 September 2020, a staggering …

Vaccine efficacy in adults in a respiratory syncytial virus challenge study

B Schmoele-Thoma, AM Zareba, Q Jiang… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Although human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of
illness and death in older adults, no RSV vaccine has been licensed. Methods In a phase 2a …

Durability of neutralizing RSV antibodies following nirsevimab administration and elicitation of the natural immune response to RSV infection in infants

D Wilkins, Y Yuan, Y Chang, AA Aksyuk, BS Núñez… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Nirsevimab is an extended half-life monoclonal antibody specific for the prefusion
conformation of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein, which has been studied in …

Learning from the past: development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines

S Su, L Du, S Jiang - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
elicited an equally rapid response aiming to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. These efforts are …