Developing transmissible vaccines for animal infections

Author

Affiliation

David Simons

The Royal Veterinary College

This publication in Science was the primary output of an interdisciplinary workshop I attended in March 2023, which was organized by Prof. Scott Nuismer and Prof. Daniel Streicker. The workshop convened researchers and practitioners to coordinate the development of self-disseminating vaccines for preventing pathogen spillover from wildlife.

The resulting manuscript outlines a series of commitments and strategies to ensure the potential benefits of this technology in conservation and zoonosis prevention outweigh the inherent risks.

Publication Details

• Journal: Science
• Full Citation: Streicker, D. G., Simons, D., et al. (2024). “Developing transmissible vaccines for animal infections.” Science, 384(6693), 275-277.
• Links: The article is available from the publisher’s website and the University of Glasgow repository.

Transmissible vaccines for bats to innoculate colonies against rabies virus. Image obtained from https://transmissiblevaccines.org/