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ArticleVaccines2020

Using the Past to Maximize the Success Probability of Future Anti-Viral Vaccines.

Philip Serwer

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Article in Vaccines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philip SerwerDepartment of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8990-3251
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

Morrison Trust 2019San Antonio Area Foundation 2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid obtaining of safe, effective, anti-viral vaccines has recently risen to the top of the international agenda. To maximize the success probability of future anti-viral vaccines, the anti-viral vaccines successful in the past are summarized here by virus type and vaccine type. The primary focus is on viruses with both single-stranded RNA genomes and a membrane envelope, given the pandemic past of influenza viruses and coronaviruses. The following conclusion is reached, assuming that success of future strategies is positively correlated with strategies successful in the past. The primary strategy, especially for emerging pandemic viruses, should be development of vaccine antigens that are live-attenuated viruses; the secondary strategy should be development of vaccine antigens that are inactivated virus particles. Support for this conclusion comes from the complexity of immune systems. These conclusions imply the need for a revision in current strategic planning.

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immune system complexityinfluenzapandemics, virus-causedSARS-CoV-2vaccine development strategy

Identifiers

PMID33019507
PMCPMC7712378
OpenAlexW3090727798

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