The global roadmap for advancing development of vaccines against sexually transmitted infections: Update and next steps

Vaccine. 2016 Jun 3;34(26):2939-2947. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.111. Epub 2016 Apr 19.

Abstract

In 2014, the World Health Organization, the US National Institutes of Health, and global technical partners published a comprehensive roadmap for development of new vaccines against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Since its publication, progress has been made in several roadmap activities: obtaining better epidemiologic data to establish the public health rationale for STI vaccines, modeling the theoretical impact of future vaccines, advancing basic science research, defining preferred product characteristics for first-generation vaccines, and encouraging investment in STI vaccine development. This article reviews these overarching roadmap activities, provides updates on research and development of individual vaccines against herpes simplex virus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Treponema pallidum, and discusses important next steps to advance the global roadmap for STI vaccine development.

Keywords: Roadmap; STI vaccine development; Sexually transmitted infections; Vaccines.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research / trends
  • Chlamydia Infections / prevention & control
  • Gonorrhea / prevention & control
  • Herpes Simplex / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Syphilis / prevention & control
  • Vaccines / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Vaccines