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Microbial genomes and vaccine design: refinements to the classical reverse vaccinology approach

Mora, Marirosa, Donati, Claudio, Medini, Duccio, Covacci, Antonello, Rappuoli, Rino·2006·Current Opinion in Microbiology

Abstract

The advent of whole-genome sequencing of bacteria and advances in bioinformatics have revolutionized the study of bacterial pathogenesis, enabling the targeting of possible vaccine candidates starting from genomic information. Nowadays, the availability of hundreds of bacterial genomes enables identification of the genetic differences across several genomes from the same species. The unexpected degree of intra-species diversity suggests that a single genome sequence is not entirely representative and does not offer a complete picture of the genetic variability of a species. The practical consequence is that, in many cases, a universal vaccine is possible only by including a combination of antigens and this combination must take into account the pathogen population structure.

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Authors
Mora, M., Donati, C., Medini, D., Covacci, A., & Rappuoli, R.
Affiliations
Novartis (Italy) (IT)
Corresponding author
Rappuoli, Rino
Venue
Current Opinion in Microbiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-10
Volume
9
Issue
5
Pages
532-536
ISSN
1369-5274 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2142352021
Cited by
92
References
26
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FWCI
0.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Microbiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Keywords
reverse vaccinology, bacterial genomes, bacterial pathogenesis, antigen selection, universal vaccine, pathogen population structure, whole genome sequencing
MeSH terms
Animals, Antigens, Bacterial, Bacteria, Bacterial Vaccines, Humans, Vaccines, Synthetic, Virulence, Drug Design, Genome, Bacterial

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