Why don't we have a vaccine against.? Part 1. viruses

Kenneth S. Rosenthal, Joseph Sikon, Aaron Kuntz

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Abstract

Despite the large number of vaccines, this review asks the question, why don't we have vaccines for all infectious diseases? This question is especially relevant with the recent outbreak of Ebola in Africa. To answer this question, we first look at the reasons for the success of our current vaccines. Next, we will look at the difficulties in developing a vaccine and the attempts that have been made, or are being attempted to develop vaccine to specific infectious diseases. The first part of this series will focus on viruses, part 2 will discuss vaccines for bacteria, fungi, and parasites.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)202-210
Number of pages9
JournalInfectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Volume23
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 11 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CMV
  • Ebola
  • HCV
  • HSV
  • antiviral
  • influenza
  • vaccine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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