Abstract
New and reemerging infectious diseases call for innovative and efficient control strategies of which fast vaccine design and development represent an important element. In emergency situations, when time is limited, identification and use of correlates of protection (COPs) may play a key role as a strategic tool for accelerated vaccine design, testing, and licensure. We propose that general rules for COP-based vaccine design can be extracted from the existing knowledge of protective immune responses against a large spectrum of relevant viral and bacterial pathogens. Herein, we focus on the applicability of this approach by reviewing the established and up-coming COPs for influenza in the context of traditional and a wide array of new vaccine concepts. The lessons learnt from this field may be applied more generally to COP-based accelerated vaccine design for emerging infections.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1935-1948 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was conducted as part of “FASTVAC: A generic framework for FAST production and evaluation of emergency VACcines,” a project funded by the Health Program of the European Union. Drs Elly van Riet, Willem Luytjes, and Nynke Rots are kindly acknowledged for advice and Mrs Anke Smits for helping with the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Landes Bioscience.
Keywords
- COP based vaccine design
- Correlates of protection
- Influenza
- Vaccine development