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ReviewVaccines2020

Current State and Challenges in Developing Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines.

Carlotta Biagi, Arianna Dondi, Sara Scarpini, Alessandro Rocca, Silvia Vandini, Giulia Poletti, Marcello Lanari

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Review in Vaccines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Carlotta BiagiPediatric Emergency Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant'Orsola University Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Arianna DondiPediatric Emergency Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant'Orsola University Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7516-243X
Sara ScarpiniPediatric Emergency Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant'Orsola University Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1094-8703
Alessandro RoccaPediatric Emergency Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant'Orsola University Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Silvia VandiniPediatric and Neonatology Unit, Imola Hospital, 40026 Imola (Bologna), Italy.
Giulia PolettiPediatric Emergency Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant'Orsola University Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Marcello LanariPediatric Emergency Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Sant'Orsola University Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the main cause of acute respiratory tract infections in infants and it also induces significant disease in the elderly. The clinical course may be severe, especially in high-risk populations (infants and elderly), with a large number of deaths in developing countries and of intensive care hospitalizations worldwide. To date, prevention strategies against RSV infection is based on hygienic measures and passive immunization with humanized monoclonal antibodies, limited to selected high-risk children due to their high costs. The development of a safe and effective vaccine is a global health need and an important objective of research in this field. A growing number of RSV vaccine candidates in different formats (particle-based vaccines, vector-based vaccines, subunit vaccines and live-attenuated vaccines) are being developed and are now at different stages, many of them already being in the clinical stage. While waiting for commercially available safe and effective vaccines, immune prophylaxis in selected groups of high-risk populations is still mandatory. This review summarizes the state-of-the-art of the RSV vaccine research and its implications for clinical practice, focusing on the characteristics of the vaccines that reached the clinical stage of development.

Indexed as

preventionRSVvaccine

Identifiers

PMID33187337
PMCPMC7711987
OpenAlexW3103764286

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Registered trials

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