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ReviewTherapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy2022

Current advancements and future prospects of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics: a narrative review.

Adekunle Sanyaolu, Chuku Okorie, Aleksandra Marinkovic, Stephanie Prakash, Martina Williams, Nafees Haider, Jasmine Mangat, Zaheeda Hosein, Vyshnavy Balendra, Abu Fahad Abbasi and 4 more

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Review in Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Adekunle SanyaoluFederal Ministry of Health, Department of Public Health, New Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Business District, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6265-665X
Chuku OkorieUnion County College, Plainfield, NJ, USA.
Aleksandra MarinkovicSaint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, Anguilla.
Stephanie PrakashSaint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, Anguilla.
Martina WilliamsSaint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, Anguilla.
Nafees HaiderAll Saints University School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica.
Jasmine MangatCaribbean Medical University School of Medicine, Willemstad, Curacao.
Zaheeda HoseinCaribbean Medical University School of Medicine, Willemstad, Curacao.
Vyshnavy BalendraSaint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, Anguilla.
Abu Fahad AbbasiLoyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA.
Priyank DesaiAmerican University of Saint Vincent School of Medicine, Kingstown, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines.
Isha JainWindsor University School of Medicine, Cayon, Saint Kitts, and Nevis.
Stephen UtulorSchool of Medicine, International University of the Health Sciences, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, and Nevis.
Amos AbioyeLloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made a global impact on the daily lives of humanity, devastating health systems, and cataclysmically affecting the world's economy. Currently, the Standard Public Health Protective practices consist of but are not limited to wearing masks, social distancing, isolating sick and exposed people, and contact tracing. Scientists around the globe undertook swift scientific efforts to develop safe and effective therapeutics and vaccines to combat COVID-19. Presently, as of mid-March 2022, 57.05% of the world population have been fully vaccinated, and 65.3% of the United States of America's (USA) total population have been fully vaccinated while 76.7% have received at least one dose of the vaccine. This article explores the various vaccines created through modern science and technology, including their safety, efficacy, and mechanism of action. Although the vaccines produced are up to 95.0% efficacious, their efficacy wanes over time, underscoring the need for booster doses. Also, vaccination has not been able to prevent "breakthrough" infections. The limitations of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines indicate that further measures are required to ensure a firm control of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use of certain therapeutic agents because they have shown remarkable clinical outcomes. Several therapeutic agents for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 include Gilead's remdesivir, Regeneron's casirivimab and imdevimab combination, Eli Lilly's baricitinib and remdesivir combination, Pfizer's co-packaged nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, and Merck's molnupiravir capsules. Hence concerted efforts in early and accurate diagnosis, education on the COVID-19 virulence, transmission and preventive measures, global vaccination, and therapeutic agents could bring this COVID-19 pandemic under control across the globe.

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coronavirusCOVID-19efficacyimmunizationimmunogenicitysafetySARS-CoV-2therapeuticsvaccinationvaccines

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PMCPMC9160920

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