There is provided a method of treating chronic hepatitis B infection (CHB) and/or chronic hepatitis D infection (CHD) in a human, comprising the steps of: a) administering to the human a composition comprising an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) 10 to 30 nucleosides in length, targeted to a HBV nucleic acid (an HBV ASO); b) administering to the human a composition comprising a replication-defective chimpanzee adenoviral (ChAd) vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding a hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs) and a nucleic acid encoding a hepatitis B virus core antigen (HBc); c) administering to the human a composition comprising a Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding a hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs) and a nucleic acid encoding a hepatitis B virus core antigen (HBc); and d) administering to the human a composition comprising a recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs), recombinant hepatitis B virus core antigen (HBc) and an adjuvant.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for enhancing immune response in a subject. In an embodiment, this disclosure provides modified LPS molecules and compositions comprising the modified LPS molecules. The disclosure also provides methods for enhancing an immune response in a subject.

The present invention includes a vaccine comprising a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S) or portion thereof, and methods of use thereof.

The present invention is a multivalent immunogenic composition for immunizing an animal against filariasis. In some embodiments, the antigens of the multivalent immunogenic composition are protein-based, DNA-based, or a combination thereof. This invention also provides a method and kit for detecting a filarial nematode and determining vaccine efficacy.

Provided herein are Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) agonists for use in enhancing human immune response and/or as adjuvants in vaccines. The TLR2 agonists include thiophenes, imidazoles, or phenyl-containing compounds, which may be compounds of Formulae (I), (II), (III), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. The compounds described herein are used as enhancers of an immune response (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune response), and are useful in treating and/or preventing a disease, as adjuvants in a vaccine for the disease, (e.g., proliferative disease, inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, infectious disease, or chronic disease). Also provided in the present disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses including or using a compound described herein.

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The present invention relates to the preparation of the compound immunopotentiator and the application thereof in a foot-and-mouth disease vaccine of pigs. According to the present invention, the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine of pigs is taken as a research subject, and on this basis, several immunopotentiators having obvious immunopotentiating effects are selected for the compound immunopotentiator, and an antigen/vaccine is mixed with the immunopotentiator to prepare a vaccine-immunized pig. An animal experiment result shows that the present invention has obvious immunopotentiating effects. After immunizing the vaccine containing the compound immunopotentiator, a window period for antibody production can be significantly shortened to 7 days; a LPB-ELISA antibody titer is significantly improved, and an antibody pass rate is significantly increased; an immune protection period is also significantly extended, at least up to 7 months.

The present disclosure provides, among other things, a pharmaceutical composition that includes a lipid nanoparticle adjuvant and an anti-human papillomavirus (HPV) comprising HPV virus-like particles (VLPs) of at least one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) selected from the group consisting of HPV types: 6, 11, 16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 73, and 82.

A split influenza virus vaccine is adjuvanted with an oil-in-water emulsion that contains free surfactant in its aqueous phase. The free surfactant can continue to exert a ‘splitting effect’ on the antigen, thereby disrupting any unsplit virions and/or virion aggregates that might be present.

Provided herein are immunogenic compositions for the prevention of Zika virus infections. Disclosed herein are immunogenic compositions comprising an expression vector and a nucleotide sequence disposed therein, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises: a nucleotide sequence encoding a Zika virus NS3 protein. Further disclosed herein are methods for preventing a Zika virus infection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immunogenic composition of the present disclosure to the subject.

The present disclosure relates to immunogenic compositions comprising a varicella zoster vims (VZV) glycoprotein E antigen and a toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, such as an oligonucleotide comprising an unmethylated cytidine-phospho-guanosine (CpG) motif. The immunogenic compositions are suitable for stimulating an immune response against VZV in an individual in need thereof.