Vaccines against Bacterial Respiratory Infections

Dear Colleagues, 

Undoubtedly, the current COVID-19 pandemic has beamed a spotlight on respiratory infections and vaccines. While accruing data is showing a reduction in the incidence of bacterial respiratory infections during the pandemic owing to public health measures introduced to tackle COVID-19, these diseases remain a huge threat, and a resurgence can be expected as the pandemic subsides. Research into the development of vaccines—which have proven to be indispensable in the fight against these infections—must continue, but now with the significant incorporation of new strategies and technologies, some of which were instrumental in the rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccines. This Special Issue of Vaccines will highlight specific groundbreaking research covering all stages of the bacterial vaccine development process, from antigen discovery through assessments of immune responses in experimental human challenge models to the monitoring of impact and non-specific events. In this Issue, focus will also be preferentially given to those bacterial pathogens that cause human disease.

Prof. Dr. Paul Langford
Dr. Vanessa S. Terra
Dr. Fadil Bidmos
Dr. Alice Halliday
Guest Editors

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• human respiratory infections
• antigen discovery
• immune responses
• correlates of protection
• experimental human challenge
• mucosal vaccines
• nucleic acid vaccines
• animal models
• social attitudes/vaccine surveillance