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The future of influenza vaccines

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Influenza virion structure -- Available flu vaccines -- Problems with current inactivated vaccines -- Live attenuated vaccines -- Subunit vaccine -- New, recently licensed vaccines -- Flu vaccines in development -- Experimental vaccines -- Issues with pandemic vaccines -- Universal influenza vaccines -- The HA protein.…”
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Dengue vaccine development l. Status /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Scope of the dengue problem -- Assessing the need for a tetravalent vaccine -- In-depth look at current vaccines and their development status.…”
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Dengue vaccine development II. Problems to be solved /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Projected availability of dengue vaccines -- Global dengue vaccine needs -- Vaccine delivery complexities -- How dengue vaccines can be improved.…”
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HIV vaccine development

Table of Contents: “…Contents: HIV virus biology and immune mechanisms -- Development of an HIV vaccine & accompanying difficulties -- New methods of vaccine development -- The ideal HIV vaccine -- HIV vaccine efficacy trials.…”
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Developing tuberculosis vaccines challenges and strategies, part 1 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: M. tuberculosis exposure and infection -- Tuberculosis (TB) disease -- Antimicrobial Mtb resistance -- The BCG vaccine -- Challenges of the TB vaccine field -- Potential new & better vaccines -- The variety of Mtb antigens.…”
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Developing tuberculosis vaccines challenges and strategies, part 2 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Diverse immunologic approaches to TB vaccines -- The human challenge model -- Antigen presentation & novel delivery platforms -- Diversification of routes and combinations -- Natural infection & improved animal models.…”
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Towards developing a universal influenza vaccine

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The challenge of developing influenza vaccines -- What is a universal influenza vaccine and how feasible is it? …”
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Current efforts to develop a vaccine -- Possible strategies for vaccine development -- Possible seasonal variations in virus prevalence -- When could a viable vaccine be expected?.…”
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Measles

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Introduction to measles as a systemic rash disease -- Measles virus and replication -- Virus proteins for cell entry, fusion and formation of multinucleated giant cells -- Transmission, systemic spread, immune response, complications and clearance -- Vaccine characteristics, efficacy and coverage -- Measles epidemiology -- Problems with control.…”
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SARS-CoV-2 mutations phenotypes and implications for vaccine development /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Currently known SARS-CoV-2 strains -- Likelihood of mutating into a more lethal form of SARS-CoV-2 -- Spike proteins and their role in viral entry into human cells -- SARS-CoV-2 is mutating into a more transmissible or infectious form -- Implications of new SARS-CoV-2 variants on public health and vaccine development -- Importance of continuing genetic surveillance of the virus.…”
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SARS-CoV-2 variants implications for immunity and vaccine development /

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Hepatitis C virus discovery, cure and protection /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Basic molecular virology of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) -- Introduction to hepatitis viruses and HCV induced disease -- A timeline of HCV -- HCV structure -- Treatment of HCV -- HCV persistence and vaccine potential -- Mechanisms that restrict HCV tropism to human livers.…”
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV)

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Virus structure and its genome -- Prevention: universal vaccination -- Geographic distribution -- HBV transmission -- Special HBV mechanisms -- The immune reaction and different phases -- Chronic hepatitis B serology -- Viral markers -- Risk of becoming a carrier -- Available treatments and their goals -- Medications -- Reistance to antiviral treatment -- Mutants -- HCC screening -- Survival.…”
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Hepatitis C cure of infection /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: HCV: major milestones -- Hepatitis C virus & infection -- Hepatocellular cancer -- HCV natural history and therapy -- HCV RNA and protein -- HCV genotypes and subtypes -- Hepatitis C vaccine -- Direct acting antivirals (DAAs).…”
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The current understanding of the biology of the SARS-COV-2 virus

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Comparison between this new SARS-COV-2 strain and other coronavirus strains -- What information we are currently missing -- Steps in how to obtain required knowledge -- The current knowledge on methods of transmission -- A future view on therapies and vaccination.…”
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The immune system response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus March 2021 update /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Biology of the SARS-CoV-2 mutations -- T cell response to vaccination -- The long-term health effects from a SARS-CoV-2 infection -- Current and future treatments for COVID-19 -- Future work in the field.…”
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Influenza virus pandemics past and future /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Influenza virus, the agent and the disease -- Epidemiology in humans and animals -- The 1918 pandemic & reconstruction of the virus -- Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus -- Future influenza pandemics -- Antiviral drugs against influenza -- Influenza virus vaccine formulations (types & usage frequency).…”
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The immune system response to the SARS-COV-2 virus

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SARS-CoV-2 evolution within and between individuals

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Evolutionary factors driving emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants -- Metrics of SARS-CoV-2 infections: virus numbers per transmission event -- Potential co-infection with 2 or more variants per transmission event -- Current understanding of the origin and evolution of recent variants -- Impact of vaccines and treatments on evolutionary pressures of SAR-CoV-2.…”
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The evolutionary origin of SARS-CoV-2

Table of Contents: “…Contents: SARS-CoV-2: a product of zoonosis -- SARS-CoV-2 may have been mutating towards its current form for decades -- Evolutionary recombination events leading to SARS-CoV-2: bats & pangolins -- Genetic similarity and differences with other lethal coronaviruses: SARS-1 & MERS -- Phenotypic comparison of SARS-CoV-2 with other coronaviruses -- Genetic evidence debunking claims that SARS-CoV-2 is a deliberate human-engineered virus -- Probability, location and species of possible future emergence of zoonotic viruses -- Implications for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development.…”
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