The next-generation DNA vaccine platforms and delivery systems: advances, challenges and prospects

B Lu, JM Lim, B Yu, S Song, P Neeli… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Vaccines have proven effective in the treatment and prevention of numerous diseases.
However, traditional attenuated and inactivated vaccines suffer from certain drawbacks such …

Pathogen diversity, immunity, and the fate of infections: lessons learned from Trypanosoma cruzi human–host interactions

LMD Magalhães, KJ Gollob, B Zingales… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The complexity of host–pathogen interactions often leads to distinct clinical outcomes upon
infection with different pathogen strains. In this Review, we explore the interactions between …

[HTML][HTML] Immunity and vaccine development efforts against Trypanosoma cruzi

LE Rios, JC Vázquez-Chagoyán, AO Pacheco… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is the causative agent for Chagas disease (CD). There is a
critical lack of methods for prevention of infection or treatment of acute infection and chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease vaccine design: the search for an efficient Trypanosoma cruzi immune-mediated control

AE Bivona, AS Alberti, N Cerny, SN Trinitario… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is currently endemic to 21 Latin-American countries and has also become a
global concern because of globalization and mass migration of chronically infected …

The case for the development of a Chagas disease vaccine: why? How? When?

E Dumonteil, C Herrera - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is a major neglected tropical disease, transmitted predominantly by
triatomine insect vectors, but also through congenital and oral routes. While endemic in the …

A novel intradermal tattoo-based injection device enhances the immunogenicity of plasmid DNA vaccines

AM Gomez, G Babuadze, MA Plourde-Campagna… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
In recent years, tattooing technology has shown promising results toward evaluating
vaccines in both animal models and humans. However, this technology has some limitations …

Enhanced immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a tetravalent dengue DNA vaccine using electroporation and intradermal delivery

M Williams, D Ewing, M Blevins, P Sun, AK Sundaram… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase 1 clinical trials with a DNA vaccine for dengue demonstrated that the vaccine is safe
and well tolerated, however it produced less than optimal humoral immune responses. To …

Cruzipain and Its Physiological Inhibitor, Chagasin, as a DNA-Based Therapeutic Vaccine Against Trypanosoma cruzi

N Cerny, AE Bivona, A Sanchez Alberti… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chagas disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is endemic in 21
Latin American countries and the southern United States and now is spreading into several …

DNA Vaccine Treatment in Dogs Experimentally Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi

M Arce-Fonseca… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chagas disease is a chronic and potentially lethal disorder caused by the parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi, and an effective treatment has not been developed for chronic Chagas …

Sarcocystis spp. of New and Old World Camelids: Ancient Origin, Present Challenges

SN Wieser, SM Giuliano, J Reategui Ordoñez… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Sarcocystis spp. are coccidian protozoans belonging to the Apicomplexa phylum. As with
other members of this phylum, they are obligate intracellular parasites with complex cellular …