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ReviewBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2021

SARS-CoV-2 new variants: Characteristic features and impact on the efficacy of different vaccines.

Abbas Khan, Taimoor Khan, Shughla Ali, Summiya Aftab, Yanjing Wang, Wang Qiankun, Mazhar Khan, Muhammad Suleman, Shahid Ali, Wang Heng and 3 more

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Review in Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Abbas KhanDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
Taimoor KhanDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
Shughla AliDepartment of Zoology, Swat College of Science and Technology (SCST), Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Summiya AftabDepartment of Zoology, Government Girls Degree College, Thana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Yanjing WangDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
Wang QiankunDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China.
Mazhar KhanThe CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Diseases, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Life Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Hefei 230027, Anhui, PR China.
Muhammad SulemanCenter for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Kanju Campus, Swat, Pakistan.
Shahid AliCenter for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Kanju Campus, Swat, Pakistan.
Wang HengDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China. Electronic address: wangheng0802@sjtu.edu.cn.
Syed Shujait AliCenter for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Kanju Campus, Swat, Pakistan.
Dong-Qing WeiDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China; Peng Cheng Laboratory, Vanke Cloud City Phase I Building 8, Xili Street, Nashan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai-Islamabad-Belgrade Joint Innovation Center on Antibacterial Resistances, Joint Laboratory of International Cooperation in Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Ministry of Education and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, PR China. Electronic address: dqwei@sjtu.edu.cn.
Anwar MohammadDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its new variants reported in different countries have posed a serious threat to human health and social fabrics worldwide. In addition, these new variants hindered the efforts of vaccines and other therapeutic developments. In this review article, we explained the emergence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2, their transmission risk, mortality rate, and, more importantly, the impact of each new variant on the efficacy of the developed vaccines reported in different literature and findings. The literature reported that with the emergence of new variants, the efficacy of different vaccines is declined, hospitalization and the risk of reinfection is increased. The reports concluded that the emergence of a variant that entirely evades the immune response triggered by the vaccine is improbable. The emergence of new variants and reports of re-infections are creating a more distressing situation and therefore demands further investigation to formulate an effective therapeutic strategy.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesSARS-CoV-2HumansImmunogenicity, VaccineTreatment OutcomeCOVID-19 VaccinesInfectivityNew VariantsPathogenesisSARS-CoV-2TherapeuticsVaccine

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PMID34562770
PMCPMC8433040

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