Vaccines: An Important Tool for Infectious Disease

• Published in: Recent advances in anti-infective drug discovery Vol. 18; no. 2; p. 88
• Main Authors: Saman, Saika, Chauhan, Iti, Srivastava, Nimisha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Arab Emirates 2023
• Subjects: Adjuvants, Immunologic; Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic; Antigens; Communicable Diseases; Humans; Immunization - methods; Vaccination; Vaccines - therapeutic use; vaccine delivery; disease; immune; immunity; antigens; Vaccination
• ISSN: 2772-4352
• DOI: 10.2174/2772434418666221114113036

Vaccines are usually regarded as one of the most important tools in the battle against infectious diseases. Even though currently accessible vaccinations are an incredible success story in contemporary medicine and have had a significant impact on global morbidity and death rates, it is evident that current vaccine delivery approaches need to be improved. To allow the successful creation of vaccinations against contagious diseases that have proven challenging to manage with conventional procedures, improvements are necessary. Improvements could include the introduction of innovative injectable adjuvants or novel delivery methods, such as mucosal immunization. Protection against infections that infect mucosal areas may necessitate mucosal delivery. Alternatively, innovative techniques for delivery, such as intradermal administration using self-administrable devices or the use of microneedle technology to bypass the stratum corneum's skin penetration barrier and aid in the transport of antigens, could be utilized to increase vaccine compliance. Needle-free delivery systems are of particular relevance for safer mass immunization programs, as they would prevent problems caused by needles reuse in several regions of the world, as well as needle-stick accidents. Based on this information, future vaccine development will mainly concentrate on rational antigen, adjuvant, and, most importantly, delivery mechanism design, resulting in new and improved vaccinations. In addition, this study discusses the current state and prospects of vaccine delivery via a variety of channels, including non- or minimally invasive approaches.