Vaccine Weekly

Influenza - Researchers' findings from New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States advance influenza research

Influenza A Vaccine - Inactivated subvirion influenza A vaccine appears immunogenic

Influenza Vaccine - Immunoglobulin levels do not affect antibody responses to influenza vaccine in preterm infants

Influenza Vaccine - Inactivated nasal influenza vaccine safe and immunogenic in healthy adults

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccination cost-effective in elderly adults

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccination coverage in German adults unsatisfactory

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccine effectiveness low among non-institutionalized elderly in Japan

Influenza Vaccine - Interventions increase influenza vaccination of children in inner-city health centers

Influenza Vaccine - Intramuscular injection required to optimize influenza vaccination in elderly

Influenza Vaccine - Intranasal influenza vaccine proves more effective than injectable form in children

Influenza Vaccine - Local health providers in England divided on influenza vaccine in older adults

Influenza Vaccine - Neuraminidase enhances effect of influenza virus vaccine

Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine - Single dose of Japanese encephalitis vaccine provides protection

Leishmaniasis Vaccine -  Leishmania infantum cysteine proteinases protect against visceral leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Divergent portion of Leishmania protein protects against Leishmania major

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Escheriosome-entrapped antigens protect against visceral leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Leishmune against visceral leishmaniasis is transmission-blocking vaccine

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Vaccine based on cysteine peptidases and IL-12 does not protect against leishmaniasis

Leukemia - New data from Japan, Scotland and Italy lluminates research in leukemia

Leukemia - Recent findings in leukemia described by researchers from Japan and the United States

Leukemia - Researchers' findings from Germany, the United States and Taiwan advance leukemia research

Leukemia Vaccine - Methods for generating CD8+ T cell clones for immunotherapy from naive repertoire developed

Lung Cancer - Reports from the United States, Greece and Netherlands describe recent advances in lung cancer research

Malaria - Findings from the United States, Colombia and the Netherlands advance knowledge in malaria research

Malaria Vaccine -  Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine with CpG oligodeoxynucleotide is immunogenic

Malaria Vaccine - Malaria vaccine development reviewed

Mannheimia Vaccine -  Mannheimia haemolytica protein enhances vaccine efficacy

Measles Vaccine - Measles immunity and immunization status in Australian children reported

Measles Vaccine - Waning measles antibodies complicate measles control strategies

Melanoma Vaccine - Stage IV melanoma survival improved by metastatic disease resection plus peptide vaccine

Mergers & Acquisitions - Dynavax closes acquisition of Rhein Biotech GmbH from Crucell

Mergers & Acquisitions - Progenics Pharmaceuticals acquires full ownership of prostate cancer joint venture

Microencapsulation - Encapsulated Escherichia coli colonization factor enhances antibody response

Multiple Sclerosis - T cell vaccine induces CD4+ T cell responses in multiple sclerosis patients

Neonatal Ocular Herpes Infection - Genital herpes epidemic likely to cause increase in neonatal ocular herpes

Papillomavirus - Findings from the United States in papillomavirus provide new insights

Parainfluenza Vaccine - Attenuated and effective human parainfluenza virus type-1 vaccines developed

Parainfluenza Vaccine - Live parainfluenza type 3 virus vaccine in children reviewed

Pediatric Vaccine - DTaP and MMR shortages impact timeliness of child vaccination coverage

Pediatric Vaccine - Vaccine shortage inordinately affects vaccine coverage for American Indian/Alaska Native children

Pertussis Vaccine - Combined DTPa-IPV vaccine safe and immunogenic in children

Pneumococcal - Researchers' work from the United States and Greece adds to pneumococcal body of knowledge

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Intranasal immunization with cell wall polysaccharide elicits immunity to pneumococci

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Pneumococcal vaccination efficacy unimpaired in HAART-treated HIV-infected patients

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Pneumococcal vaccine reduces rate of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections

Pneumonic Plague Vaccine - Respiratory immunity important for protection by pneumonic plague vaccine

Polio - Reports from South Africa, United States and Japan describe recent advances in polio research

Polio Vaccine - No link found between SV40 contaminated polio vaccine and lymphoproliferative disorders

Prostate Cancer Therapy - Treatment continuum in the management of prostate cancer reviewed

Public Health - Quality improvement needed at U.S. hospitals to improve inpatient vaccination rates

Renal Cell Carcinoma Vaccine - CA9-derived peptides show promise for HLA-A24-positive renal cell cancer

Rift Valley Fever Virus - Infectious Rift Valley fever virus rescued from cDNA

Rotavirus Vaccine - Maternal antibodies enhance and suppress B cell responses to rotavirus vaccine

Schistosomiasis - Recent findings from Brazil illuminate research in schistosomiasis

Sepsis Vaccine - Vaccine increases survival in Staphylococcus aureus sepsis model

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - HPV16 E7 epitope-specific T cells found in squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx

Streptococcal Vaccine -  Streptococcus pneumoniae surface proteins show promise as vaccine candidates

Tick-Borne Encephalitis - Public health education campaign takes aim at tick-borne encephalitis in Europe

Toxoplasmosis - Researchers from Uruguay and France detail new studies and findings in the area of toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis Vaccine -  Toxoplasma gondii RNA protects against toxoplasmosis

Tuberculosis - Reports from the United States and South Africa advance knowledge in tuberculosis research

Tuberculosis - Researchers from the United States, India and United Kingdom describe findings in tuberculosis studies

Tuberculosis - Researchers from the United States, Kuwait and Switzerland report details of new studies and findings in the area of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis - Studies from the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia describe new findings in tuberculosis research

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Anti-mycobacterial Th1-cell responses does not enhance protection against tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Clonal response in Malawian subjects after BCG vaccine evolves over 12 months

Typhus Vaccine - Gene encoding Rickettsia CapD with UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity characterized

Vaccine Adjuvant - Alphavirus replicon particles possess mucosal and systemic adjuvant activity

Vaccine Development - Antigen targeting to dendritic cells elicits T cell help for antibodies

Vaccine Development - Peptide-binding assays with transgenic mice can identify HLA II-restricted peptides

Vaccine Development - Plasmid developed for rapid production of recombinant fused proteins in Escherichia coli

Vaccine Efficacy - Rapid assay to measure T and B cell reactivity by flow cytometry developed

Vaccine Safety - Telephone inquiries help detect reactions to influenza vaccine in children

Vaccine Vector - Plasmid DNA sequences herpes virus amplicon vectors cause rapid transgene silencing

Vaccines - Findings from the United States and Israel advance knowledge in vaccines research

Vaccines - Recent studies from the United States, Germany and Russia add new data to vaccines research

Vaccines - Reports from the United States describe recent advances in vaccines research

Vaccines - Researchers from the United States and United Kingdom publish new studies and findings in the area of vaccines

Vaccines - Researchers from the United States and United Kingdom report details of new studies and findings in the area of vaccines

Vaccinia Virus - Findings from Taiwan and the United States describe new data in vaccinia virus research

Vector Development - Peptide insertion library allows enhanced purification of retroviral and lentiviral vectors