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ArticleIndian journal of medical microbiology

Relevance of immune response and vaccination strategies of SARS-CoV-2 in the phase of viral red queen dynamics.

Jobin John Jacob, G John Fletcher, T Monisha Priya, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Ankur Mutreja

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Article in Indian journal of medical microbiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jobin John JacobDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
G John FletcherDepartment of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
T Monisha PriyaDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Balaji VeeraraghavanDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Electronic address: vbalaji@cmcvellore.ac.in.
Ankur MutrejaCambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease (CITIID) Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Christian Medical College & Hospital · INUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFollowing a relatively mild first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in India, a deadly second wave of the pandemic overwhelmed the healthcare system due to the emergence of fast-transmitting SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants. The emergence and spread of the B.1.617.2/Delta variant considered to be driving the devastating second wave of COVID-19 in India. Currently, the Delta variant has rapidly overtaken the previously circulating variants to become the dominant strain. Critical mutations in the spike/RBD region of these variants have raised serious concerns about the virus's increased transmissibility and decreased vaccine effectiveness. As a result, significant scientific and public concern has been expressed about the impact of virus variants on COVID-19 vaccines.

objectivesThe purpose of this article is to provide an additional explanation in the context of the evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 variants in India, the vaccine-induced immune response to the variants of concern (VOC), and various vaccine deployment strategies to rapidly increase population immunity. CONTENT: Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 isolates circulating in India suggests the emergence and spread of B.1.617 variant. The immunogenicity of currently approved vaccines indicates that the majority of vaccines elicit an antibody response and some level of protection. According to current data, vaccines in the pre-fusion configuration (2p substitution) have an advantage in terms of nAb titer, but the duration of vaccine-induced immunity, as well as the role of T cells and memory B cells in protection, remain unknown. Since vaccine efficacy on virus variants is one of the major factors to be considered for achieving herd immunity, existing vaccines need to be improved or effective next-generation vaccines should be developed to cover the new variants of the virus.

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Antibody FormationCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesEvolution, MolecularHumansIndiaPhylogenyVaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesB.1.617COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Variants

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PMID34454775
PMCPMC8387243
OpenAlexW3197394647

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