Zika Vaccine Development: Current Status

Current trends in Zika vaccine development

The Zika virus (ZIKV) was first isolated in 1947 in Uganda. While it took 60 years for this virus to cause major outbreaks, an important shift in its ability to cause epidemics took place in the first and second decades of the this century: in 2007 in Yap Island, Micronesia, followed by French Polynesia in 2013 and, finally in 2015 and 2016, when ZIKV infections occurred throughout South Americ...

Leishmaniasis: Current Status of Vaccine Development

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................229 Clinical Leishmaniasis ...........................................................................................................................................229 Self-limiting cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis ...............

Leishmaniasis: Current Status of Vaccine Development

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................229 Clinical Leishmaniasis ...........................................................................................................................................229 Self-limiting cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis ...............

Leishmaniasis: current status of vaccine development.

Leishmaniasis, a spectrum of diseases caused by various forms of Leishmania has become a major health problem all over the world. Vaccination against leishmaniasis has passed through many developmental stages beginning with the ancient practice of 'leishmanization'. Due to various problems and difficulties associated with traditional vaccines, the interest has been shifted to novel approaches o...

Development of a Zika vaccine.