Successful vaccines

Ian J. Amanna, Mark K. Slifka

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Abstract

Vaccines are considered one of the most important advances in modern medicine and have greatly improved our quality of life by reducing or eliminating many serious infectious diseases. Successful vaccines have been developed against many of the most common human pathogens, and this success has not been dependent upon any one specific class of vaccine since subunit vaccines, non-replicating whole-virus or whole-bacteria vaccines, and attenuated live vaccines have all been effective for particular vaccine targets. After completing the initial immunization series, one common aspect of successful vaccines is that they induce long-term protective immunity. In contrast, several partially successful vaccines appear to induce protection that is relatively short-lived and it is likely that long-term protective immunity will be critical for making effective vaccines against our most challenging diseases such as AIDS and malaria.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCurrent Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1-30
Number of pages30
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NameCurrent Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Volume428
ISSN (Print)0070-217X
ISSN (Electronic)2196-9965

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology (medical)

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