Human Vaccines
Volume 7, Issue 11  November 2011
http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/vaccines/toc/volume/7/issue/10/

Special Focus: Neglected Vaccines – Developing World
In the current issue we are pleased to present a series of Special Focus Reviews, dedicated to the topic Neglected Vaccines—Developing World. Populations in low-income countries confront a number of illnesses unfamiliar to most Westerners. These neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), also referred to as “poverty diseases”, are responsible for more than 500,000 deaths annually worldwide and millions of serious illnesses. Vaccines offer a promising alternative to standard treatments of NTDs. This Special Focus features eight Review articles discussing recent advances and challenges in vaccine development for buruli ulcer, chagas disease, hookworm infection, leishmaniasis, leprosy, leptospirosis, schistosomiasis and trypanosomiasis

SPECIAL FOCUS REVIEWS
Advances and hurdles on the way toward a leprosy vaccine
Malcolm S. Duthie, Thomas P. Gillis and Steven G. Reed

Advances and challenges towards a vaccine against Chagas disease
Israel Quijano-Hernandez and Eric Dumonteil

Schistosomiasis Vaccines
Afzal A. Siddiqui, Bilal A. Siddiqui and Lisa Ganley-Leal

Buruli Ulcer
Thorbjorg Einarsdottir and Kris Huygen

Leishmaniasis
Lukasz Kedzierski

Recombinant vaccines against Leptospirosis
Odir A. Dellagostin, André A. Grassmann, Daiane D. Hartwig, Samuel R. Félix, Éverton F. da Silva and Alan J. A. McBride

Vaccination against trypanosomiasis: Can it be done or is the trypanosome truly the ultimate immune destroyer and escape artist?
Florencia La Greca and Stefan Magez

A history of hookworm vaccine development
Brent Schneider, Amar R. Jariwala, Maria Victoria Periago, Swaroop N. Bose, Peter J. Hotez, David J. Diemert and Jeffrey M. Bethony