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ReviewVaccines2023

Ebola Virus Disease Vaccines: Development, Current Perspectives & Challenges.

Sumira Malik, Shristi Kishore, Sagnik Nag, Archna Dhasmana, Subham Preetam, Oishi Mitra, Darwin A León-Figueroa, Aroop Mohanty, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Marjan Assefi and 2 more

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Review in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.9field-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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 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

12 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Sumira MalikAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Jharkhand, Ranchi 834001, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5077-1493
Shristi KishoreAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Jharkhand, Ranchi 834001, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8851-5951
Sagnik NagDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences & Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tiruvalam Road, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6814-5471
Archna DhasmanaHimalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun 248140, Uttarakhand, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1120-2009
Subham PreetamInstitute of Advanced Materials, IAAM, Gammalkilsvägen 18, 59053 Ulrika, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5992-4609
Oishi MitraDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences & Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tiruvalam Road, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Darwin A León-FigueroaFacultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo 15011, Peru.ORCID 0000-0001-7267-0204
Aroop MohantyDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur 273008, Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5634-5014
Vijay Kumar ChattuDepartment of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9840-8335
Marjan AssefiJoint School of NanoScience and Nano Engineering, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA.
Bijaya K PadhiDepartment of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2828-2375
Ranjit SahTribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-2695-8714
Vellore Institute of Technology University · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences · INDr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre · INPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INSwami Rama Himalayan University · INUniversidad de San Martín de Porres · PEUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global outgoing outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in different regions of Sudan, Uganda, and Western Africa have brought into focus the inadequacies and restrictions of pre-designed vaccines for use in the battle against EVD, which has affirmed the urgent need for the development of a systematic protocol to produce Ebola vaccines prior to an outbreak. There are several vaccines available being developed by preclinical trials and human-based clinical trials. The group of vaccines includes virus-like particle-based vaccines, DNA-based vaccines, whole virus recombinant vaccines, incompetent replication originated vaccines, and competent replication vaccines. The limitations and challenges faced in the development of Ebola vaccines are the selection of immunogenic, rapid-responsive, cross-protective immunity-based vaccinations with assurances of prolonged protection. Another issue for the manufacturing and distribution of vaccines involves post authorization, licensing, and surveillance to ensure a vaccine's efficacy towards combating the Ebola outbreak. The current review focuses on the development process, the current perspective on the development of an Ebola vaccine, and future challenges for combatting future emerging Ebola infectious disease.

Indexed as

challengesEbola outbreakEbola vaccinesEbola virus disease (EVD)

Identifiers

PMID36851146
PMCPMC9963029
OpenAlexW4318204449

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Registered trials

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