Why vaccines to HIV, HCV and Malaria have so far failed - Challenges to developing vaccines against immunoregulating pathogens

• Autor principal: Magdalena Plebanski (auth)
• Outros Autores: Eric J. Gowans (auth), Peter Smooker (auth), Shuo Li (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Colecção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Medicine; influenza; HIV; Malaria; Infectious Disease; Genetics; Vaccine; HCV; immunology
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Despite continuous progress in the development of anti-viral and anti-bacterial/parasite drugs, the high cost of medicines and the potential for re-infection, especially in high risk groups, suggest that protective vaccines to some of the most dangerous persistent infections are still highly desirab...