issue 1 publication date 2015-05

• Highlights of the final draft of the national policy document for science, technology and innovation in vaccine production in Iran
• Impact of vaccination on epidemiology of diphtheria and pertussis
• Molecular analysis of AbOmpA type-1 as immunogenic target for therapeutic interventions against MDR Acinetobacter baumannii infection
• Allelic variations between vaccine strains and circulating strains in pxtP of Bordetella pertussis in Iran
• Construction of pIRES2 vector encoding truncated NS3 of HCV and IL-18 for DNA vaccine studies
• Shelf-life estimation of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine using R software in comparison with WHO manual protocol
• Assessment of humoral immune response of a Cytomegalovirus DNA-vaccine candidate in BALB/c mice
• Overview of the validation procedures for a vaccine production: from R&D level to the pre-qualification stage