Current Progress in the Development of Zika Virus VaccinesShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Vaccines, E-ISSN 2076-393X, Vol. 9, no 9, article id 1004Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus first discovered in the Americas. ZIKV infection is insidious based on its mild clinical symptoms observed after infection. In Brazil, after 2015, ZIKV infection broke out on a large scale, and many infected pregnant women gave birth to babies with microcephaly. The teratogenic effects of the virus on the fetus and its effects on nerves and the immune system have attracted great attention. Currently, no specific prophylactics or therapeutics are clinically available to treat ZIKV infection. Development of a safe and effective vaccine is essential to prevent the rise of any potential pandemic. In this review, we summarize the latest research on Zika vaccine development based on different strategies, including DNA vaccines, subunit vaccines, live-attenuated vaccines, virus-vector-based vaccines, inactivated vaccines, virus-like particles (VLPs), mRNA-based vaccines, and others. We anticipate that this review will facilitate further progress toward the development of effective and safe vaccines against ZIKV infection.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Basel: MDPI, 2021. Vol. 9, no 9, article id 1004
Keywords [en]
Zika virus, different strategies, vaccine
National Category
Immunology in the medical area
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-48313DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9091004PubMedID: 34579241Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85115183236OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-48313DiVA, id: diva2:1702416
2022-10-102022-10-102022-10-12Bibliographically approved