biostudies-literatureMooney MNCRR NIH HHSNIDA NIH HHSNIAID NIH HHSNLM NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS124-9https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3815469biostudies-literatureUnknown25(2)Vaccines are the most cost effective public health measure for preventing viral infection and limiting epidemic spread within susceptible populations. However, the efficacy of current protective vaccines is highly variable, particularly in aging populations. In addition, there have been a number of challenges in the development of new vaccines due to a lack of detailed understanding of the immune correlates of protection. To identify the mechanisms underlying the variability of the immune response to vaccines, system-level tools need to be developed that will further our understanding of virus-host interactions and correlates of vaccine efficacy. This will provide critical information for rational vaccine design and allow the development of an analog to the "precision medicine" framework (already acknowledged as a powerful approach in medicine and therapeutics) to be applied to vaccinology.Seminars in immunologySystems immunogenetics of vaccines.PMC3815469T15 LM0070885U54AI081680P30 CA0695332T15LM007088U19 AI100625DP1 DA028871U19 AI0961091U19AI100625U54 AI0816805P30CA0695335UL1RR024140UL1 RR024140McWeeney SMooney MSekaly RPfalseSystems immunogenetics of vaccines.Vaccines are the most cost effective public health measure for preventing viral infection and limiting epidemic spread within susceptible populations. However, the efficacy of current protective vaccines is highly variable, particularly in aging populations. In addition, there have been a number of challenges in the development of new vaccines due to a lack of detailed understanding of the immune correlates of protection. To identify the mechanisms underlying the variability of the immune response to vaccines, system-level tools need to be developed that will further our understanding of virus-host interactions and correlates of vaccine efficacy. This will provide critical information for rational vaccine design and allow the development of an analog to the "precision medicine" framework (already acknowledged as a powerful approach in medicine and therapeutics) to be applied to vaccinology.2013-01-01T00:00:00Z2013 Apr2020-11-19T08:16:12Z2020-11-07T09:53:34ZS-EPMC38154692388689410.1016/j.smim.2013.06.003