Transmissible Vaccines (Trans Vax)

Working Group leader: Jim Bull

Group members: Scott Nuismer, Chris Remein, Courtney Schreiner, Tanner Varrelman, Nathan Layman, Andrew Basinski, Anna Sjodin, Breanna Sipley, Beth Tuschhoff

Originated: Summer 2016

Description:

We develop theory for transmissible vaccines while generating papers and training students and postdocs.

Publications:

Nuismer SL, Basinski A, Bull JJ. 2019. Evolution and containment of transmissible recombinant vector vaccines.  Evol Appl. 2019 Jun 12;12(8):1595-1609.

Bull JJ, Nuismer SL, Antia R. 2019. Recombinant vector vaccine evolution.  PLoS Comput Biol. 15(7):e1006857.

Varrelman TJ, Basinski AJ, Remien CH, Nuismer SL. 2019. Transmissible vaccines in heterogeneous populations: Implications for vaccine design. One Health. 7:100084.

Basinski AJ, Nuismer SL, Remien CH. 2019.  A little goes a long way: Weak vaccine transmission facilitates oral vaccination campaigns against zoonotic pathogens.  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 13(3):e0007251.

Smithson MW, Basinki AJ, Nuismer SL, Bull JJ. 2019. Transmissible vaccines whose dissemination rates vary through time, with applications to wildlife. Vaccine 37(9):1153-1159.

Basinski AJ, Varrelman TJ, Smithson MW, May RH, Remien CH, Nuismer SL. 2018.  Evaluating the promise of recombinant transmissible vaccines. Vaccine 36(5):675-682.

Bull JJ, Smithson MW, Nuismer SL. 2018. Transmissible Viral Vaccines.  Trends Microbiol.  26(1):6-15.

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