[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 1278-1290, January 1, 2007]

The Importance of Vaccination

Gordon Ada

Division of Immunology and Genetics,John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Box 334,
Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Abstract
2. Introduction. Life before vaccines became available
3. Infectious agents causing disease in humans
4. Types of vaccines
4.1. Early vaccines
4.2. Types of vaccines and some combinations currently used
4..2.1. Live, attenuated microorganisms
4.2.2. Inactivated whole microorganisms
4.2.3. Subunit and conjugate vaccines
5. Vaccine safety
6. Vaccine efficacy
7. Towards the eradication of some infectious diseases
7.1. Smallpox
7.2. Poliomyelitis
7.3. Measles
8.A need for new and improved vaccines
8.1. Established diseases
8.2. Emerging and re-emerging diseases9.. A brief overview of the adaptive immune system
8.1. Lymphocytes
8.2. Specific roles for different components
9. Some recent developments favouring improved vaccine design or delivery
9.1.Enlarging combination vaccines
9.2. Vaccine availability
9.3. Mixed vaccine formulations; the prime/boost approach
9.4. Analysis of the genome of complex infectious agents
9.5. The use of live vectors
9.6. Oligo, poly and lipopeptides
9.7. Generation of CTLs.
10. Life in the 21st century: the continuing challenge
11. References

1. ABSTRACT

We have vaccines for nearly thirty of the more vaccine fail to clear the virus which can mutate over some
than seventy infectious diseases which are pathogenic for years into a pathogenic form and spread rapidly unless
humans. Most of the vaccines, especially those to prevent large vaccination programs are re-introduced. Of major
childhood diseases, are highly effective with a high safety concern are emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases,
profile. Vaccines are being developed against many of the especially HIV, for which there is currently no vaccine.
other bacteria and viruses, and some parasites. Occasionally, a Fortunately, new techniques are becoming available making it
new vaccine has to be withdrawn because of unexpected side possible to consider developing vaccines based on inducing
effects. Smallpox remains the only infectious disease to strong cell-mediated immune responses to control the agent’s
have been eradicated. The Global Program to eradicate replication when antigenic variation in surface antigens (e.g.
poliomyelitis initiated in 1988, has unfortunately run into HIV, influenza) makes classical techniques based on
difficulties. A few children immunised with the Sabin oral induction of antibody responses less attractive.

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2. INTRODUCTION: LIFE BEFORE VACCINES cause persisting infections, because the immune response
BECAME AVAILABLE of the host to the infection is evaded or subverted. In such
cases, it is sometimes more difficult to make an effective
In his book, Guns, Germs and Steel (1), Jared vaccine. Because there is no repair mechanism, RNA
Diamond describes the history of civilization over the last viruses may mutate causing antigenic variation. This is
13,000 years. One of the main features was the tremendous discussed in more detail later.
effect of infectious diseases on survival of individuals,
groups and nations. Even when setting off to fight a battle, 3. TYPES OF VACCINES
an army might not even make contact with the enemy as an
infectious disease epidemic could seriously decrease the 3.1 . Early Vaccines
numbers of soldiers. As migrating groups of people in the Smallpox was the first vaccine developed. The
Middle East and Europe began to settle down and keep inoculation of young James Phipps with virus from infected
groups of animals such as cattle, some animal infectious cows by Edward Jenner in 1796 protected the boy from a
agents would over time adapt to humans and finally be later inoculation of smallpox. Cholera, Typhoid and Plague
regarded as human pathogens. The list includes smallpox, vaccines were developed in the late 19th century and
influenza, tuberculosis, malaria, plague, measles and Tuberculosis (BCG), Pertussis, Yellow Fever, Influenza
cholera (2). Although there was often a high death rate, and Typhus in the early 20th Century. All these involved
populations could survive and often expanded. But when a the whole organism. The two toxoids, producing antibodies
group travelled, some might be infected. Beginning with which neutralised the toxins of Diphtheria and Tetanus,
Columbus’ voyage in 1492, followed shortly thereafter by became available in the 1920s. All other vaccines were
Cortes’ invasion of the Aztec Empire, the European developed after World War II (5).
invasion of North America, and beginning in 1788, the
British invasion of Australia, the mortality rates of 3.2. Types Of Vaccines And Some Combinations
indigenous populations exposed to novel infections, could Currently Used
be 50% or higher. Within 100 years after invasion, the Vaccines currently available especially in the
indigenous populations had decreased by about 90% in USA are listed in Table 2 (4). They are mainly of five types
size, largely due to the introduced infectious diseases. and a brief description of each follows (2).
When measles first reached some Pacific Islands and the
Faroe Islands north of Scotland, the mortality rate was 3.2.1. Live, Attenuated Microorganisms
about 40%. When a second epidemic occurred in the Faroes Many regard most live vaccines as highly
60 years later, those who had survived the first epidemic successful, one or two administrations conferring long-
were protected from the second (3). lasting protection. Four approaches have been widely used.
Edward Jenner pioneered the approach of using a natural
. One hundred or so years ago in a developed country, pathogen for another mammal (cowpox virus) as the basis
families usually included substantially more children than of a human vaccine to control smallpox. Currently, fowlpox
seen today, because it was expected that several children and canarypox viruses which undergo an abortive infection
could die from a childhood infection. In many developed in humans are being tried as vectors of DNA coding for
countries, loss of a child because of an infectious disease is antigens of other infectious agents for which vaccines are
now relatively rare. A parent was proud if he/she reached not yet available (6).
the biblical goal of three score years and ten. The life span
now for the elderly is about 10 years longer. The measles, mumps, rubella and yellow fever
viral vaccines are typical of a second approach. The wild-
INFECTIOUS AGENTS CAUSING DISEASE IN type viruses are extensively passaged in tissue culture or
HUMANS other animal hosts until virulence is greatly reduced but
immunogenicity is retained.
. Table 1 lists the common agents causing disease Type 2 polio virus is a naturally occurring
in humans (4). Of the four classes, viruses and bacteria are attenuated strain which has been until recently a highly
the most common and they cause a great variety of successful a wild type-like strain (7). More recently,
diseases. As indicated, some viral infections can cause rotavirus strains of low virulence have been recovered from
cancer. Currently, all registered vaccines are specific for children’s nurseries during an epidemic ( 8 ).
agents in these two groups. Despite great efforts. there is as
yet no licensed parasite vaccine. Fungal infections are Another approach has been to select mutants that
successfully treated with anti-fungal agents. Some bacteria will grow well at low temperatures but very poorly above
and all viruses are obligate intracellular infectious agents. 37oC ( 9 ). Cold-adapted strains of influenza virus have
Some parasites, such as plasmodia, spend part of their life mutations in four of the internal proteins and grow well at
cycle inside the host cell. 25oC. Such strains which were first described in the late
1960s in the USA, have been used successfully in Russia,
Many viruses and bacteria cause an acute and has recently been licensed for use in the USA except
infection, i.e., when exposed to a sub-lethal dose of the for young children and the elderly.
agent, the immune response will clear the infection within a
week or two. Most vaccines protect against such infections. Although BCG (Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin) is still used by
In contrast, some viruses and bacteria and many parasites WHO to vaccinate young children, variable results

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Table1. Common Infectious Agents Causing Disease in Humans

Infectious agent Diseases
Bacteria
Bacillus anthracis Anthrax
Bordetella pertussis Whooping cough
Borellia burgdorferi Lyme disease
Chlamydia trachomatis Pelvic inflammatory disease in women (STD)
Blindness (trachoma)
Clostridium botulinum Botulism
Clostridium tetani Tetanus
Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Diphtheria
Coxiella burnetii Severe fever (Q fever) in abattoirs
Eschericia coli Diarrhoea
Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis , epiglotitus, pneumonia type
b (Hib)
Helicobacter pylori Gastritis, duodenal ulcer, stomach cancer
Legionella pneumophila Legionnair’s disease
Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis, septicaemia
Mycobacterium leprae Leprosy
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis
Neisseria gonorrhoere Gonorrhoea (STD)
Neisseria meningiitidis Meningitis, septicaemia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Nosocomial infections
Tick-born typhus fever Rickettsia Typhus A fever
Salmonella Typhoid fever
Shigella Dysentery
Staphylococcus aureus Impetigo,toxic shock syndrome in women
Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia, otitis media, meningitis
Streptococcus pyogenes Tonsilitis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever
Treponema pallidum Syphilis (STD)
Vibrio cholerae Cholera
Yersinia pestis Bubonic plague
Viruses
Adenovirus Respiratory disease
Corona virus Respiratory and gastric disease
Cytomegalovirus Mononucleosis (cancer)
Dengue virus Dengue fever, dengue shock syndrome
Ebola virus Haemorrhagic fever
Epstein-Barr virus Glandular fever (infectious mono-nucleosis), Burkitt’s lymphoma (cancer)
Hantaan virus. Acute lung injury
Hepatitis A, B,C, D, E, viruses Liver disease (hepatitis) (cancer)
Herpes simplex virus, type 1. Brain infection, mouth lesions
Herpes simplex virus, type 2. Genital lesions (STD)
Human herpes virus,. type 6. Kaposi’s sarcoma (cancer)
Human immunodeficiency viruses, Types 1 and 2 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (STD)
Human T cell lymphotrophic virus, type 1 Cancer of some blood cells
Influenza virus, A B and C Respiratory disease, Influenza
Japanese encephalitis virus Brain infection
Lassa fever Fever, haemorrhage
Measles virus Respiratory infection, SSPE
Mumps virus Mumps, meningitis, orchitis (sterility)
Papilloma virus Warts, cervical carcinoma (cancer, STD)
Parvovirus Respiratory disease, anaemia
Polio virus Poliomyelitis, paralysis
Rabies virus Rabies
Respiratory Syncytial virus Respiratory disease in infants
Rhino virus Common cold
Rotavirus Diarrhoea in infants
Rubella virus German measles, foetal malformations
Smallpox (vaccinia) virus Generalised infection (smallpox)
Yellow fever virus Jaundice, kidney and liver failure
Varicella zoster virus Chickenpox, shingles
Parasites
African trypanosomes Trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness
Cryptosporidium spp Diarrhoea
Entamoeba histolytica. Dysentery
Giardia lambiia Diarrhoea
Filaria Elephantiasis
Dracunculasis Guinea worm
Leishmana Kala azar, tropical sores
Plasmodium Malaria
Schistosomes Schistosomiasis
Toxoplasma gondii Mononucleosis
Trichomonas vaginalis Vaginal infection (vaginitis)
(trichomoniasis)
Fungi
Aspergiillis fumigates Pneumonia
Candida albicans Thrush
Histoplasma Pneumonia
Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in AIDS patients
SSPE = subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, STD = sexually transmitted disease

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Table 2. Currently Registered Viral and Bacterial Vaccines administration is required (Table 2). Inactivated viral
Viral. Bacterial vaccines are generally effective in preventing disease. The
Live, attenuated continuing antigenic drift which is characteristic of
Vaccinia BCG
(smallpox)
influenza viruses (12) makes it difficult to exactly match
Polio (OPV) Salmonella typhi the specificity of the circulating strains when the vaccine
Yellow fever Vibrio cholerae finally becomes available. Of the three bacterial vaccines in
Measles this category, pertussis is the only one widely used. It is
Mumps effective but has been replaced by a subunit preparation
Rotavirus
(acellular) which is less reactogenic (13). Inactivated whole
Rubella
Adeno agent vaccines are effective at inducing infectivity-
Varicella-Zoster neutralising antibodies but usually not class I MHC-
CA influenza restricted responses which are necessary for clearing
Inactivated, whole intracellular infections.
organism
Influenza Bacillus anthracis
Polio (IPV) Bordetella pertussis
3.2.3. Subunit And Conjugate Vaccines
Rabies Coxiella burnetii Antibodies that block the infectivity of viruses or
Japanese bacteria generally recognize peptide or carbohydrate
encephalitis epitopes of proteins expressed on the organism’s surface.
Hepatitis A Examples are the haemagglutinin and neuraminidase
Subunit
Influenza Salmonella typhi Vi
(principally the former) of influenza virus and the surface
Hepatitis B (Hep Bordetella pertussis (acellular) antigen (HBsAg) of hepatitis B virus.
B) Blood from HBV-infected people was found to contain
Polysaccharide Neisseria meningiditis (A.C.Y. W135) HBsAg and was the first source for a vaccine. Production
Streptococcus pneumoniae, 23 Valent of the antigen in DNA-transfected yeast cells initiated the
Conjugate Haemophilus influenzae, type b (Hib)
Streptococcus pneumoniae, heptavalent
era of genetically engineered vaccines (14,15 ). The epitope
Neisseria meningiditis recognised by an antibody may consist of a single linear
Toxoids peptide but sometimes an epitope is formed by discrete
Corynebacterium diphtheriae peptides juxtaposed as a consequence of protein folding
Clostridium tetanus and/or oligomerisation.
Combinations
Measles, Mumps, Diphtheria,tetanus, pertussis (whole organism)
Rubella (MMR) (DTPw), (DTPa) acellular DTPa, Hib, HepB, The activity of toxins secreted by tetanus and
IPV diphtheria bacteria were counteracted by modification of
their properties to form toxoids which induced neutralizing
are obtained with adults. A fifth and more general approach antibody. Such modification is now being achieved by
has been to selectively delete or inactivate one or more genetic manipulation.
genes in bacteria (10). Salmonella strain Ty21a has a faulty Encapsulated bacteria especially have a coating
galactose metabolism and strains with other deletions are of polysaccharide that is very poorly recognized by the
being made. A similar approach is being used with complex immune system of < 2 year old children and relatively
viruses. Thus, 18 open reading frames have been poorly by that of older people (mainly an IgM response).
selectively deleted from the Copenhagen strain of vaccinia As a result, infections by these bacteria were often fatal in
virus. The product, NYVAC, has low virulence but has young children while elderly people gained some
retained immunogenicity (11). Attempts to use this protection using a 23 valent pneumococcal vaccine. It was
approach with simian immunodeficiency virus, SIV, have found in 1929 (16) that immunizing with a
been less successful. polysaccharide/protein conjugate gave a much stronger
anti-polysaccharide antibody response, mainly composed of
Live, attenuated viral and bacterial vaccines can IgG due to T cells being involved. It took about 50 years
stimulate strong antibody and cell-mediated immune for this finding to be fully utilized by vaccine
responses. Potentially, this is important with viruses which manufacturers but there are now three highly immunogenic
can show antigenic variation in surface antigens but less and effective conjugate vaccines (Table 2) and their use is
variable internal antigens , e.g., influenza viruses. Thus, saving many young lives. For example, within one year
using an approach to inactivate this virus but retain after the introduction in 1999 of the Neissseria
component of the polio vaccine. With the current prolonged meningitides, serogroup C conjugate vaccine in the United
attempt to eradicate this virus, there have been a few cases Kingdom, the incidence of meningitis was reduced by 92%
of the virus in some recipients persisting for several years among young children and by 95% among teenagers (17)
and mutating back to the ability of the product to generate
strong CMI responses has given interesting results and will 4. VACCINE SAFETY
be described later.
All available data are reviewed by regulatory authorities
3.2.2. Inactivated Whole Microorganisms before registration of a vaccine (18). Potential safety
Viruses and bacteria can be inactivated (loss of hazards which occurred at a frequency of about 1/5,000
infectivity) and the product used with varying efficacy as a doses or more often should have been detected (19). Within
vaccine though larger doses and sometimes more frequent the first 24 hours, reactions can include fever,

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Table 3. Vaccine efficacy (per cent decrease in the incidence of different infectious diseases) in the USA, as assessed by
comparing maximum morbidity levels (before vaccine availability) and the levels some years after compulsory vaccination was
introduced
Before vaccination After vaccination
No. of cases Vaccine available No of cases % decrease in disease incidence
1996 2003 1
Diphtheria 206,919 1921 (1942) 1 1 >99.9
Measles 894,134 1941 (1963) 500 56 >99.9
Mumps 152,200 1968 (1971) 600 231 >99.6
Rubella 57,686 1969 (1971) 210 7 >99.6
Pertussis 265,269 1934 (1945) 6400 11647 >94
Poliomyelitis 21,269 1952 (1952) 0 0 100
Paralytic
Haemophilus 20,000 1984 (1987) 1065 259 >99
1
Calculations based on 2002 figures, Dates in parenthesis indicate the year the vaccine was widely introduced. MMR vaccine was
introduced in 1971. IPV (Salk) vaccine was introduced in 1952 and OPV (Sabin) in 1963.

prolonged crying, syncope, seizures and rarely anaphylaxis. encouraging to extraordinarily good.
Effects which usually occur at low frequencies (detected by Elimination/eradication will be discussed later, but to have
immunosurveillance after registration) include the Guillain- decreased the incidence of a disease by more than 99%
Barre syndrome after influenza virus vaccination, usually which was achieved with several vaccines is most
about 1 case per million doses but in 1976-77, the impressive. The result with pertussis is not quite so
incidence was 1 case per 60,000 doses (20) and encouraging but 94% protection is still good. An acellular
encephalopathy - one case per million doses after measles vaccine has now been introduced.
vaccination compared with one case per thousand doses
after infection (21). Sometimes, a vaccine may be Measles is a great example to consider in more
withdrawn after registration due to an unexpected effect. A detail. It is highly infectious so that vaccination levels must
rotavirus vaccine released in the United States was reach about 95% to prevent transmission. In the USA since
associated with an unacceptably high incidence (1/10,000) records were kept from 1912, case numbers were never less
of intussusception (22). In several countries, including the than 100,000 each year before vaccination. There was an
United States in 1999, the oral polio vaccine was replaced epidemic every 2 or 3 years, reaching as high as nearly
by the inactivated polio vaccine because use of the former 900,000 cases on one occasion. After vaccination was
resulted in a low number of cases of paralysis (23). introduced in 1963, levels fell to about several thousand–
see Figure 1. A 3 year epidemic then occurred reaching
There is no firm scientific or clinical evidence about 28,000 cases in 1990. This led to the introduction of
that the administration of any vaccine causes a specific a two dose immunization schedule which resulted in the
allergy, asthma, autism, multiple sclerosis, or the sudden prevention of transmission of the disease in the USA. This
infant death syndrome. A widely cited report claimed an success in turn led to the decision of the Ministers of
association between the measles component of the measles, Health in other American countries to attempt to eliminate
mumps and rubella {MMR} vaccine and the subsequent measles from the Western Hemisphere which has had some
occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease or autism (24). success (4).
At least 10 studies (25) found no such association. This
claim was apparently made by the anti-vaccination lobby 6. TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF SOME
simply because the increase in cases of autism in the United INFECTIOUS DISEASES
States late last century coincided with the introduction of a
second MMR vaccination. The eradication of one or more infectious diseases
represents the crowning achievement of any vaccination
5. VACCINE EFFICACY program. Jenner (4 ) was the first to propose that his
vaccination technique could be used to achieve such an aim
In the USA, The Centers for Disease Control and with smallpox.
Prevention (CDC) have recorded each year the number of
cases of different childhood infections occurring in the 6.1. Smallpox
country from as far back as 1912 and until the present day. Based on their experience with the control of
To indicate the efficacy of vaccines, the levels of infections smallpox (a DNA virus) with a vaccination level of 80% in
during a major epidemic before vaccines became available their country, the Russians proposed to the World Health
and those in recent years after vaccines were available, in Assembly (WHA) in 1954 that eradication of the disease
most cases many years after the introduction of the specific could be achieved globally. A 10 year voluntary program
vaccine, have been compared. (unfunded) was initiated in 1954 but by 1964, despite great
progress in developed countries, no progress was made in
In Table 3, such data are compared for seven developing countries, with up to 2 million deaths and 1.5
different infections (4, 2). In most cases, the last two million disease cases still occurring per annum. Two years
columns show data usually many years after the vaccines later, a 10 year funded ($US300 million) WHO program
first became available. The findings vary from very was begun initially under D. A Henderson and later Isao

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by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and the CDC. In

view of the perceived difficulties, four strategies were
used.1. Achieving and maintaining high routine vaccination
(OPV) coverage; 2. Administering more doses to children
on National Immunization Days; 3. Establishing sensitive
methods for detecting vaccine virus-induced paralysis; and
4, Conducting mopping-up and catch-up campaigns. There
were some remarkable achievements. In one day in
December, 1997 in India, 123 million children were
vaccinated. In other countries, war-like hostilities could be
stopped temporarily to allow vaccination to proceed. One
major difficulty was that the virus could persist in some
individuals, especially immunocompromised children, for
months allowing mutant forms to be expressed. One by one
different regions claimed to be free of poliomyelitis but the
Figure 1. Reported cases of measles each year in the USA deadline had to be extended finally to 2005. By the end of
from 1912 to 1966, and at three times after 1966, Mass 2004, the virus was still endemic in India and Pakistan and
immunization against measles was initiated in 1963. Note in 6 African countries but especially in Nigeria. In one
that the highest recorded number of measles cases was province, a religious group refused to be vaccinated,
894,134 in 1941, but following the introduction of mass claiming that the vaccine was contaminated with HIV and
immunization , the number of cases reported decreased contained substances which could affect the fertility of their
rapidly to 22,231 in 1968, to 3124 in 1981 and to 312 in children. By the time the vaccine was thoroughly tested in a
1993. Moslem country, infectious cases had occurred in 18
previously virus -free countries. However, the incidence of
Arita. Despite many difficulties including wars and vaccine mutated forms of OPV, which can cause paralysis
shortages, the goal was achieved. Three years after the last occurring some years after vaccination, is increasing – in
case of smallpox was treated in 1977, F. Fenner, Head of 2005, there were 22 cases in Hispaniola, 4 cases in
the Committee which certified when each country was free Madagaska, 3 in the Philippines and 2 in China (27) so that
of the disease, announced to the WHA that smallpox had some experts are now warning that the eradication
been eradicated (4) He became the chief author of the 1400 campaign will fail (28). To minimize mutant forms of virus
page book, Smallpox and its Eradication (26 ) which took 8 appearing some years after vaccination, there is discussion
years to write. Fenner, Henderson and Arita shared the on whether the program should switch to IPV, which would
1988 Japan Prize for this wonderful achievement not cause this difficulty but this would not give protection
in the intestines or throat (28). At least a very high number
Based on the success of the smallpox Program, it of children would need to be revaccinated.
became clear that to achieve eradication, three properties of
the agent were necessary and several others desirable. 6.3. Measles
Necessary properties included a safe and effective vaccine Measles like polio is an RNA virus. Although
was available, the infection was specific to humans and measles vaccine world wide has proved to be very stable,
there was only one or a few strains of virus. Desirable laboratory experiments show that mutations can occur.
characteristics included the absence of sub-clinical / carrier Indigenous measles transmission has been interrupted in
cases, a simple marker of successful vaccination, the Cuba since 1988, in England and Wales in 1995, and in the
vaccine was heat stable and the agent was only moderately USA in 2000. However, some countries like Japan, Italy,
infectious. The first of the desirable characteristics has Germany and France do not consider a measles eradication
turned out to be quite important in the case of program a top priority (29). Ciro de Quadros, head of the
poliomyelitis. PAHO Vaccination Program has discussed the feasibility of
measles eradication in view of the American experience,
Of two other candidates which fulfilled the and what a better place for young children the world would
necessary requirements, but only one or two of the be if this could be achieved, but acknowledges that a
desirable properties, poliovirus and measles, the former decision would be subject to the outcome of the
was chosen for the next Eradication Program. Factors in its poliomyelitis eradication Program (30).
favour included that some countries had controlled the
infection using this vaccine, OPV was relatively 7. A NEED FOR NEW AND IMPROVED VACCINES
inexpensive and that oral administration of OPV was much
simpler than a vaccine requiring injection. 7.1. Established Diseases
Vaccines are not yet available for most of the
6.2. Poliomyelitis agents mentioned in Table 1. Generally, the vaccines
In 1985, the Director of the Pan American Health against infectious diseases to date have been so successful
Organization (PAHO) proposed the Initiative to eliminate that major efforts are being made to develop vaccines
the transmission of indigenous wild-type polio virus from against most of the remaining agents in that Table.
the whole of the Americas. In 1988, WHO extended this to Considerable progress is being made and most of this
achieve global eradication by 2,000. The campaign was led advanced group are mentioned in Table 4. In addition,

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Table 4. A need for improved or new vaccines years ago, it jumped from non-human primates because of
Improved New the consumption by humans of infected ‘bushmeat’. In
Viral developed countries, the disease is controlled by a complex
Japanese encephalitis Corona
drug mixture. In adults in the absence of drugs, the average
Measles 1 Cytomegalo
Rabies Dengue 1 time to death is about 10 years. There is a small group of
Smallpox Epstein-Barr long-term ‘non-progressors’ who live longer than 20 years
Hepatitis A 1 Hepatitis C 1 because viral levels are kept low due mainly to strong
Varicella 1 HIV 1 cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses. In Africa, some
Papilloma 1 prostitutes have strong CTL responses and continue to
Respiratory syncytial 1
Rota 1
resist HIV infection provided they continue prostitution. In
West Nile some developing countries, especially in Africa, there is
Bacterial about a 30% incidence of untreated infections so that the
Mycobacterium Chlamydia trachomatis average lifespan has dropped from about 50 to 30 years.
Tuberculosis 1 Haemophilus ducreyi (common STD) Development of an effective vaccine is still some years
Helicobacter pylori 1
away.
Mycobacterium leprae
Neisseria gonorrhea
Shigella spp 1 Dengue, Yellow Fever, Cholera, and West Nile
Others are re-emerging viruses. For example West Nile virus,
Malaria 1 previously confined to Africa, appeared in New York in
Filariasis 1999 and had spread over nearly all of the USA by 2003
Giiardi (diarrhea)
(33,34). Multidrug resistant tuberculosis and vancomycin-
Schistosomiasis
Treponema pallidum (syphilis) resistant Staphylococcus aureus represent re-emerging
1
Recent advances in the development of vaccines against bacterial infections (34).
these agents are described in the book described in
references 28,29,31. SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), a
previously unidentified corona virus, was identified in
some of the existing vaccines could be improved. But why China in early 2003 and within a few months had spread
improve the measles vaccine when it has been so effective? through Asia, Europe and had reached the Americas. There
Currently it is not administered in developing countries were over 8,000 cases and nearly 800 deaths.
before the recipient is 9 months of age. Many lives in those
countries would be saved if a new vaccine could be given Last century, there were three influenza
several months earlier, in the presence of maternal anti- pandemics but the 1918 ‘Spanish flu’ was by far the most
measles antibody. lethal, causing probably 50 million deaths. Due apparently
to the properties of the surface haemagglutinin protein of
HIV, M. tuberculosis and malaria would be at the the virus, the structure in the lungs which facilitated the
head of many lists and each remains a major challenge. transfer of oxygen to the blood was rapidly destroyed
Slowly, advances are being made. But in late January, probably due to the activation of different cytokines, so the
2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced blood turned blue and death often occurred well within 24
funding (over 1 billion dollars) to carry out a program to hours (35). It takes several days for the adaptive immune
eradicate tuberculosis. response to begin to become effective. Bird flu (H5N1) has
been around now for possibly 6 years but a pandemic has
Very encouraging and inspiring news is the yet to occur. The death rate is about 60% but so far passage
progress being made with a prophylactic vaccine designed from human to human has not occurred. The maximum
by Ian Frazer and based on virus-like particles composed of opportunity for a pandemic to occur is if the bird virus
the L1 protein of the human papillomavirus (HPV). In infects a person who is currently infected with a human flu
clinical trials so far, 100% efficacy has been obtained in strain. If the two viruses infect a cell at about the same
preventing cervical cancer to one or a few selected types of time, there is a major opportunity for the exchange of
the approximately 15 types of HPV which cause virtually genetic material while RNA replication occurs so that many
all cases of this cancer world-wide. A recent perspective different combinations of RNA can occur. If this takes
article is entitled - The Promise of Global Cervical-Cancer place in the upper respiratory tract, one or more of the
Prevention (31). Progress is also being made, based on progeny virus could spread into the environment and be
inducing a strong cell-mediated immune response, towards capable of inducing a human pandemic.
the development of a therapeutic vaccine to cure existing
cases of this cancer (32). Table 5 lists agents which are likely to be of
animal origin, indicating they are zoonoses and the disease
7.2. Emerging And Re-emerging Diseases is transferred by vectors. Infections in the Table have
A recent article (33) describes the worldwide mortality rates varying from about 9 % (SARS) to about 90
distribution of selected emerging and re-emerging diseases. % (Ebola and Marburg viruses). A variety of small animals
Nineteen are due to viral infections and 5 to bacterial has been implicated to different extents as vectors of
infections. Many induce a high mortality in humans. HIV-1 emerging infectious agents, but there is now increasing
which causes AIDS is very likely the most serious hazard evidence, indicated in Table 5, that bats are major
as there are now 50 - 60 million cases worldwide. About 70 contributors in this area (36). During seasonal fruiting, fruit

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Table 5. Newly emerging infectious agents plasma cells producing and secreting different antibodies.
Agent Vector CD4 Th1 cells help B cells to a lesser extent but because of
SARS Bats the secretion of different cytokines, they also mediate
H5N1 influenza Wild and domestic birds
delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses and the
Ebola haemorrhagic fever Probably bats
Marburg haemorrhagic fever Probably bats activation of other cells such as macrophages. If infected,
Human immunodeficiency virus Chimpanzees, other non-human the latter are more readily recognised by effector T cells. A
primates second important role for CD4 Th1 cells is helping the
Lassa fever Wild rodents? activation of the second class of T cells, those with the CD8
Lyme disease Deer mice and ticks
marker. These cells are as crucial as CD4 T cells in the
Hendra virus Bats
Nipah virus Bats response to infections. They are called cytotoxic T cells
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CTLs) or killer T cells because not only can they
disease recognize and kill an infected cell but this process can
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, SARS: Define Severe occur within an hour or so after infection and many hours
Acute Respiratory Syndrome before that cell produces infectious progeny (38). In the
body, this gives a ‘window’ of some hours for the effector
Table 6. Properties and roles of components of the T cell to find and kill the infected cell. It is important to
adaptive immune system during an intracellular infection realize that the T lymphocyte response by the body
Response Cytokines expressed Role generally occurs before antibody is produced.
Prevent Control Clear
Antibody +++ + +/-
CD4 Th2 IL-3,4,5,6,10,13
The receptors on T lymphocytes recognize
CD4 TH1 IL-2, TNFα, IFNγ ++ +? particular patterns on the infected cell surface, a complex
CD8+CTLs TNFα, TNFβ, IFNγ +++ +++ between the major histocompatibility (MHC) antigens and
IL interleukin, IFN interferon, TNF tumor necrosis factor peptides from the infectious agent. In the case of CD4 T
(64, 2). cells, the average length of peptide binding to a cleft at the
protruding front of the class II MHC antigen is 15 amino
bats with virus-infected saliva feed in or below fruit- acids (derived from foreign antigen being degraded in
bearing trees, and regurgitate half digested fruit (now lysosomes) whereas the average length of peptide binding
infected) which is often collected with intact fresh fruit for to a class I MHC molecule, and recognized by CD8 T cells
human consumption or eaten by other small animals. And is 9 amino acids. The class II MHC antigen:peptide
so transmission of the infection occurs. In contrast, anal complex is mainly expressed on antigen-presenting cells
swabs of the horseshoe bats in China showed the presence (APCs), especially dendritic cells. In contrast, nearly all
of SARS-Corona Virus (37). cells in the body express class I MHC molecules. Thus,
CTLs have been viewed as performing a continuous
8. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ADAPTIVE molecular audit of the body (39).
IMMUNE SYSTEM
8.2. Specific Roles For Different Components
There are two immune systems; most organisms As anticipated, specific roles can be attributed to
possess innate immunity whereas vertebrates also have the different components of the adaptive immune response
adaptive system which is necessary for developing during an intracellular infection (Table 6) and during an
vaccines. The former involves cells such as dendritic cells extracellular infection. These are
and macrophages which also have important roles in the
adaptive system. The latter is characterised by lymphocytes • Specific antibody is the major adaptive immune
which possess specific receptors which recognize foreign response for preventing or substantially limiting
antigens. any infection. Antibody should also clear an
extracellular infection, as the final
8.1. Lymphocytes antigen/antibody complex should bind to Fc or
There are two lymphocyte classes, B complement receptors on cells such as
lymphocytes which are formed in the bone marrow and macrophages. These cells can engulf and often
migrate to the spleen or lymph nodes, and T lymphocytes, destroy such antibody-coated complexes.
which develop in the thymus from bone marrow derived • CTLs are the major mechanism for controlling
progenitors. T cell receptors (TCR) are expressed in the and finally clearing most acute intracellular
thymus following gene rearrangement events. Many T-cells infections. Ectromelia, Theiler’s virus and
are destroyed in the thymus because they recognize self lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus are natural
antigens. Those cells with TCR recognising non-self pathogens of mice. There is substantially
antigens mature in the thymus and then often migrate to impaired clearance of these viruses in CTL-
lymphoid tissues. B lymphocytes express mainly IgM deficient mice, and HIV levels in HIV-infected
receptors but after activation, other immunoglobulins, IgG, chimpanzees treated with anti-CD8 antiserum are
IgE and IgA are made, all of which recognise antigenic not reduced. In contrast, CTL-deficient mice have
epitopes. One type of T lymphocyte expresses the CD4 survived infection with influenza or vaccinia
marker and exists in one of two forms, Th1 and Th2. By viruses which are not natural mouse pathogens.
producing and secreting different cytokines (Table 6), Th2 Extracellular replicating agents may stimulate
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formation. Generally, inactivated infectious each vaccine given separately, this is a big saving.
agents do not induce the formation of CTLs, but a Secondly, their use involves far fewer injections. Of course,
later report shows this is not always the case – there must be compatibility and no interference by one or
section 10.7. more components on the others especially at the T cell
level. Some current combinations are shown in Table2.
Sometimes, “dominant’ cytokines such as IFN- Avoiding interference should be easier if with mixtures of
gamma can clear an infection like vaccinia virus in nude conjugate vaccines, the same protein carrier is used.
mice (40). Similarly if live vectors begin to be widely used, choosing
the same vector would be advantageous.
It is important to realize that the immune
response is genetically controlled. Members of outbred 9.2. Vaccine Availability
populations such as humans show tremendous variation in It dawned on some scientists that some immune
their antibody and T cell-mediated immune response to products, such as subunit vaccines and antibodies might be
antigens. By making inbred stains of mice by brother/sister made in plants – hence the term, plantibodies. The original
mating for many generations, it was found that all mice in a concept was that by simply eating the plant (edible
given strain made very similar amounts of antibody to a vaccines), one might be immunized - an idea very attractive
given antigen. for developing countries (45). But it has since been ruled
that such products must be isolated under strict conditions
In 1975, and based on their experimental and subject to the same safeguards as conventional
observations, Doherty and Zinkernagel (41) predicted that products (46).
CTLs could distinguish normal and infected cells because
the latter expressed at the cell surface a complex between a 9.3. Mixed Vaccine Formulations; The Prime/Boost
MHC molecule and a protein (later shown to be a peptide) Approach
from the infecting virus. X-ray crystallography later Particularly in the case of non-infectious
showed this interpretation to be correct (42). preparations, several doses of the preparation were often
required to obtain high antibody titers, and the concept
At birth, the human baby contains 18 genes arose of priming with one formulation of an antigen and
coding for MHC molecules (nine from each parent). But on later boosting with a different formulation. Thus,
a population basis, there are sometimes > 100 DNA immunization of naïve volunteers with a HIVgp160
molecules coding for different MHC antigen specificities, vaccinia virus construct and then boosting with a gp160
anyone of which can occupy the same loci on chromosome preparation gave higher anti-gp160 antibody titers
6 in different individuals (43). Thus, one person has only a compared to using either preparation for both priming and
small sample of the total number of MHC specificities boosting (47). It was then shown that mice immunized with
available so that responses to infectious diseases will vary a chimeric DNA preparation and later boosted with
greatly. No one would have the best genes to combat all chimeric fowlpox virus and both expressing influenza
infections. A similar variation is found between different haemagglutinin (HA) gave anti-HA tiers up to 50 fold
stains of inbred mice. For example, Balb C mice are highly higher than those found after two injections of the same
susceptible to ectromelia virus whereas C57Bl mice are preparation (48). This approach has also been used to
relatively resistant. induce high and persistent CTL responses to HIV-1, SIV,
Ebola virus, M. tuberculosis and plasmodia antigens in
A more detailed account of the role of different mice and/or monkeys (6). Most unfortunately, in some
immune responses during an infection or following clinical trials in humans, the results have been
vaccination is given elsewhere (44). disappointing (49). The reasons are not clear but one factor
may be that the dose of DNA used in the trial may be
9. SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS FAVORING insufficient. One of the major advantages of using DNA for
IMPROVED VACCINE DESIGN OR DELIVERY priming is that the response can occur in the presence of
specific antibody to the protein form. The earliest time that
With the great success of many vaccines measles vaccine can be applied is 9 months when the
especially those for children on the one hand, and the amount of maternal antibody has waned sufficiently. An
challenges posed by many other diseases yet to be alternative approach using different chimeric live vectors
conquered, including the threats posed by emerging for priming and boosting is progressing (see 10.5).
diseases, the interest in vaccine development is probably at
an all time high. The worldwide effort to make effective
vaccines to control HIV-1, malaria and tuberculosis has 9.4. Analysis Of The Genome Of Complex infectious
been especially impressive. With the last two there is some Agents
progress but HIV seems to be the ultimate challenge. This A recent development, the whole genome
section examines some recent developments. sequencing of complex microorganisms, bacteria and
parasites, has the potential to revolutionize the way
9.1. Enlarging Combination Vaccines different components are chosen to form the basis of a
Making combination vaccines has two vaccine (50). For example, potential candidate proteins that
advantages. One is the cost of delivery. If several vaccines might be recognized by infectivity-neutralizing antibodies
can be administered as mixtures or combinations, instead of might have transmembrane sequences near one end of the

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molecule. Other sequences could represent important T cell No such restriction would apply when the peptide
determinants. In one case, mice immunized with 6 out of was used to generate a cell-mediated immune response.
108 proteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae that had been Nevertheless, several administrations might be necessary
identified from the DNA sequence as having appropriate together with a suitable adjuvant. The attachment of
structural characteristics, were protected from disease when appropriate lipids to the peptide began to be practiced in the
later challenged with this organism (51) late 1980s and overcame most of these difficulties when it
was found that the lipid/peptide conjugate was self
9.5. The Use Of Live Vectors adjuvanting. The following presentation is largely taken
Viruses and bacteria have mainly been used for from two recent reviews (58,59).
this purpose (2, Table 5). The greatest experience has been
with vaccinia virus and its derivatives such as the highly . Linking a synthetic self hormone, luteinizing
attenuated Ankara virus and the New York preparation, hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) which is only 10
NYVAC. They have a wide host range, have many amino acids in length, to a strong epitope for CD4+ T cell
different promoters , and DNA coding for up to 10 average- induction as well as the incorporation of Pam2 Cys greatly
sized proteins can be accommodated. Canary and fowlpox increased the immunogenicity of the hormone (60).
(avipox) viruses undergo abortive infection in mammals, Coupling the lipid to an internal lysine to form a branched
making them very safe as vectors though the duration of the structure further enhanced the antibody response. This
response may be shorter (52). Adenovirus (53), approach has been further modified to use a short
polioviruses (54) and Salmonella (55) are often used to polylysine sequence to which is attached 3 lipoamino acids.
obtain a mucosal response, although BCG and Vaccinia
have been administered both intranasally and orally. The induction of CD8 T cell responses using this
approach has now been achieved against a variety of
viruses, bacteria, the malaria parasite as well as tumors, by
It has also been very convenient to use such using a preparation containing the lipid and epitopes
chimeric vectors to evaluate the potential of different inducing CD4 and CD8 responses. The ability of such
cytokines to modify immune responses. Inserting DNA preparations to clear infections varied, but some were
coding for both the foreign antigen and the cytokine allows successful. Not surprisingly, it has been more difficult for
the effect of the latter to be assessed under optimum the lipopeptides to control persisting infections such as
conditions as its maximum effect should occur. Thus, HIV.
interleukin IL-12 and IL-4 are major means for enhancing a
CMI or a humoral response respectively. In contrast, Lipopeptides could readily induce cytokine
incorporation of DNA coding for IL-4 into the DNA of production in antigen-presenting cells (APCs) of which
ectromelia greatly increased the virulence of this virus in dendritic cells (DCs) are the most important for priming
otherwise resistant mice, and even if the latter had been naïve T cells. DCs express a range of Toll-like receptors
immunized to increase resistance before challenge (56). (TLRs) which recognize conserved molecular patterns
produced by microorganisms. TLR 2 is important for the
9.6. Oligo, Poly And Lipopeptides recognition of lipopeptides and lipoproteins , but TLR1 and
The Ig receptors on B lymphocytes may TLR6 may also be involved. The interaction with TLR 2
recognize a pattern on an antigen often formed by a linear initiates a process which results in the maturation of the
peptide sequence. Sequences may contain epitopes DCs so that T lymphocytes can be readily activated (thus
recognised by B cells alone or T cell determinants, or both. explaining the self adjuvant effect of the lipopeptides).
Some of the obvious advantages of this approach are that
the final product contains the critical components of an A number of clinical trials has shown that the
antigen and avoids other sequences which, for example, vaccine candidates are safe and immunogenic although
may mimic host antigen sequences and thus potentially protection or clearance have yet to be demonstrated.
induce an autoimmune response. When used for the
production of antibodies, one restriction is that the isolated 9.7. Generation Of CTLs
or synthetic peptide may not reflect the conformation One of the advantages of using infectious agents
adopted when it is part of a protein. Sometimes, this can be for vaccination is that as well as inducing good antibody
overcome. Group A streptococci cause rheumatic fever and responses, strong CTL responses are also generated.
heart disease, especially in indigenous populations (57). A Furthermore, while the useful antibody response is directed
minimum ‘helical’ non-host cross-reactive peptide from the towards surface antigens, most antigens in the agent may
conserved C terminal (cryptic sequence) of the M protein contribute epitopes for a CTL response. It may not always
was displayed so that the helical folding was maintained. be safe to use an infectious form of an agent,eg., a vaccine
This led to seven serotypic peptides being attached to an containing live, modified HIV. Many methods of
alkane backbone so that each was displayed. Outbred mice inactivation such as the use of most chemicals result in
were immunized several times, the first time with complete preparations which induce good antibody responses but
Freund’s adjuvant. This construct was highly immunogenic very poor if any CTL responses (61). As described above,
and protected the mice against a bacterial challenge, an the use of lipopeptides and lipoproteins should help to
encouraging result. Maintaining conformation could also be overcome this. But a colleague, Arno Mullbacher,
less of a problem if the protein involved had a low compared the use of UV versus gamma irradiation on
molecular weight. different viruses and found that only the latter product,

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