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Review of covid-19 vaccine clinical trials – A puzzle with missing pieces
Kwok, Hang Fai
2021
Source PublicationInternational Journal of Biological Sciences
ISSN1449-2288
Volume17Issue:6Pages:1461-1468
Abstract

A year after the initial outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, several Phase III clinical trials investigating vaccine safety and efficacy have been published. These vaccine candidates were developed by different research groups and pharmaceutical companies with various vaccine technologies including mRNA, recombinant protein, adenoviral vector and inactivated virus-based platforms. Despite numerous successful clinical trials, participants enrolled in these trials are limited by trial inclusion and exclusion criteria, geographic location and viral outbreak situation. Many questions still remain, especially for specific subgroups, including the elderly, females with pregnancy and breastfeeding status, and adolescents. At the same time, vaccine efficacy towards asymptomatic infection and specific viral variants are still largely unknown. This review will cover vaccine candidates with Phase III clinical trial data released and discuss the scientific data available so far for these vaccine candidates for different subgroups of people and different viral variants.

KeywordDifferent Subgroups Pandemic Sars-cov-2 Vaccination Viral Variants
DOI10.7150/ijbs.59170
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaBiochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
WOS SubjectBiochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Biology
WOS IDWOS:000697605800004
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85105088667
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionInstitute of Translational Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Corresponding AuthorKwok, Hang Fai
AffiliationInstitute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Avenida de Universidade, Macao
First Author AffilicationFaculty of Health Sciences
Corresponding Author AffilicationFaculty of Health Sciences
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Kwok, Hang Fai. Review of covid-19 vaccine clinical trials – A puzzle with missing pieces[J]. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021, 17(6), 1461-1468.
APA Kwok, Hang Fai.(2021). Review of covid-19 vaccine clinical trials – A puzzle with missing pieces. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 17(6), 1461-1468.
MLA Kwok, Hang Fai."Review of covid-19 vaccine clinical trials – A puzzle with missing pieces".International Journal of Biological Sciences 17.6(2021):1461-1468.
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