Overview

Technological advances, together with a better understanding of the molecular biology of infectious microorganisms, are creating exciting possibilities for a new generation of replicating vaccines. Historically, live vaccines have been either directly derived from a natural source or attenuated by empirical approaches using serial passages and host cell adaptation. Currently, we are witnessing a quantum leap in our technological capabilities to specifically modify the genetic make-up of viruses and bacteria, making it possible to generate improved live vaccines and to develop completely new types of replicating vaccines, such as vectored vaccines, single-round infectious vaccines and replicon vaccines. This book highlights some of the most exciting recent developments towards a new generation of replicating vaccines.

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Author:   Philip R. Dormitzer ,  Christian W. Mandl ,  Rino Rappuoli
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2011
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.942kg
ISBN:  

9783034602761

ISBN 10:   3034602766
Pages:   447
Publication Date:   04 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

SECTION 1: Today’s Live Attenuated Vaccines.- Live Vaccines and their Role in Modern Vaccinology.- Live Attenuated Vaccines: Influenza, Rotavirus and Varicella Zoster.- Classical Live Viral Vaccines.- SECTION 2: Genetically Attenuated Micro-Organisms as Vaccines.- Recombinant Live Vaccines to Protect Against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.- Live Attenuated Shigella Vaccines. Is encouraging good enough?.- New generation BCG vaccines.- SECTION 3: Manipulating Host-Pathogen Interactions to Make Vaccines.- Basic Science Paves the Way to Novel Safe and Effective Pestivirus Vaccines.- Live Attenuated Influenza Virus Vaccines: NS1 Truncation as an Approach to Virus Attenuation Approaches.- An Attenuated Herpes implex Virus 1 Live Virus Vaccine Candidate that is Replication Competent but Defective in Epithelial Cell to Cell and Neuronal Spread.- RSV Deletion Mutant – Innate Immunity.- Live Attenuated Cholera Vaccines: Flagella and Reactogenicity.- SECTION 4: New Types of Replicating Vaccines.- Replication-defective Herpes simplex Virus Mutant Strains as Genital Herpes Vaccines and Vaccine Vectors.- Nucleic Acid-Based Infectious and Pseudo-Infectious Flavivirus Vaccines.- Application of Cleavage Activation Mutants of Influenza Virus as Live Vaccines.- Alphavirus Particle-based Vaccine Vectors.- Recombinant, Chimeric, Live, Attenuated Vaccines against Flaviviruses and Alphaviruses.

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From the reviews: This book introduces the current thinking on rational attenuation and this important theme runs through the book, tying the chapters together very nicely. ! Given the renaissance in vaccinology this is a timely volume which ! makes judicious use of selected examples to highlight key aspects of this burgeoning field. This book is both a useful primer for students and a thought-provoking read for researchers in this field. (Paul Duprex, Microbiology Today, November, 2011)

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