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@article{200054,
        author = {Ajay.T and Thamaraieniyan .A.S and Kalaivani.R and Nepolean.R and A. Aafreen and Aishwar JP},
        title = {Role of Vaccines in Emerging Infectious Diseases: Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {12},
        pages = {507-509},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=200054},
        abstract = {Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) remain a burden to the global health system in terms of being unpredictable, spreading at a high rate, and strongly driven by the complex ecological factors. Vaccination is still the foundation of the prevention, but the COVID-19 pandemic has helped to see the potential of vaccines, as well as the limitations of the existing strategies. The review is also a critical analysis of the latest developments in the field of vaccine technologies, their application in real-life outbreak situations, and the ongoing challenges of unequal access, antigenic drift, and sociopolitical issues. The paper also identifies future directions such as universal vaccines; design assisted by AI and integrated One Health paradigms. There is a critical approach taken through out to evaluate whether the current innovations are enough to tackle the future pandemic threats.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {May},
        }