Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Zeng, L Gao, Q Zhou, K Yu, F Sun - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background It was urgent and necessary to synthesize the evidence for vaccine
effectiveness (VE) against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC). We conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: Implications on immune evasion and vaccine-induced immunity

HM Mengist, AJK Kombe, D Mekonnen, A Abebaw… - Seminars in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Responsible for more than 4.9 million deaths so far, COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is
instigating devastating effects on the global health care system whose impacts could be …

Coronavirus Resistance Database (CoV-RDB): SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility to monoclonal antibodies, convalescent plasma, and plasma from vaccinated persons

PL Tzou, K Tao, SLK Pond, RW Shafer - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
As novel SARS-CoV-2 variants with different patterns of spike protein mutations have
emerged, the susceptibility of these variants to neutralization by antibodies has been rapidly …

SARS-CoV-2's variants of concern: a brief characterization

AM Scovino, EC Dahab, GF Vieira… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disclose the variants of
concern (VOC) including Alpha (B. 1.1. 7), Beta (B. 1.351), Gamma (P1), Delta (B. 1.617. 2) …

Spatial and temporal fluctuations in COVID-19 fatality rates in Brazilian hospitals

A Brizzi, C Whittaker, LMS Servo, I Hawryluk… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Gamma variant of
concern has spread rapidly across Brazil since late 2020, causing substantial infection and …

The importance of vaccination in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a brief update regarding the use of vaccines

BAS Machado, KVS Hodel, LMS Fonseca, VC Pires… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has led the world to undertake the largest vaccination campaign in
human history. In record time, unprecedented scientific and governmental efforts have …

Antibody-mediated protection against symptomatic COVID-19 can be achieved at low serum neutralizing titers

P Schmidt, K Narayan, Y Li, CI Kaku… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
Multiple studies of vaccinated and convalescent cohorts have demonstrated that serum
neutralizing antibody (nAb) titers correlate with protection against coronavirus disease 2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Covid-19: virology, variants, and vaccines

M Young, H Crook, J Scott, P Edison - BMJ medicine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract As of 25 January 2022, over 349 million individuals have received a confirmed
diagnosis of covid-19, with over 5.59 million confirmed deaths associated with the SARS …

Efficacy and safety of COVID‐19 vaccines

Cochrane Emergency and Critical Care … - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Different forms of vaccines have been developed to prevent the SARS‐CoV‐2
virus and subsequent COVID‐19 disease. Several are in widespread use globally …

Recent developments in SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccines: A systematic review of the current studies

M Sadeghalvad, AH Mansourabadi… - Reviews in Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Designing and manufacturing efficient vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐
19) is a major objective. In this systematic review, we aimed to evaluate the most important …