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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2022

COVID-19 intranasal vaccines: current progress, advantages, prospects, and challenges.

Kuldeep Dhama, Manish Dhawan, Ruchi Tiwari, Talha Bin Emran, Saikat Mitra, Ali A Rabaan, Saad Alhumaid, Zainab Al Alawi, Abbas Al Mutair

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Improved SARS-CoV-2 vaccine based on intranasally administered replicon RNA.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

9 authors at 8 institutions in 7 countries.

Kuldeep DhamaDivision of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7469-4752
Manish DhawanDepartment of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7783-7138
Ruchi TiwariDepartment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7763-5547
Talha Bin EmranDivision of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3188-2272
Saikat MitraDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ali A RabaanMolecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6774-9847
Saad AlhumaidAdministration of Pharmaceutical Care, Al-Ahsa Health Cluster, Ministry of Health, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4552-4513
Zainab Al AlawiDivision of Allergy and Immunology, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7004-7694
Abbas Al MutairResearch Center, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9471-2767
Indian Veterinary Research Institute · INAlfaisal University · SAKing Faisal University · SAMinistry of Health · MMPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SATrafford College · GBUniversity of Dhaka · BDUttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple vaccines have recently been developed, and almost all the countries are presently vaccinating their population to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the COVID-19 vaccines in use are administered via intramuscular (IM) injection, eliciting protective humor and cellular immunity. COVID-19 intranasal (IN) vaccines are also being developed that have shown promising ability to induce a significant amount of antibody-mediated immune response and a robust cell-mediated immunity as well as hold the added ability to stimulate protective mucosal immunity along with the additional advantage of the ease of administration as compared to IM injected vaccines. By inducing secretory IgA antibody responses specifically in the nasal compartment, the intranasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine can prevent virus infection, replication, shedding, and disease development, as well as possibly limits virus transmission. This article highlights the current progress, advantages, prospects, and challenges in developing intranasal COVID-19 vaccines for countering the ongoing pandemic.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesAdministration, IntranasalAntibodies, ViralHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19intranasal vaccinemucosal immunitySARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35258416
PMCPMC8935456
OpenAlexW4220883984

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