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ReviewVaccines2025

Innovations, Challenges, and Future Prospects for Combination Vaccines Against Human Infections.

Munazza Fatima, Kee-Jong Hong

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Review in Vaccines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Munazza FatimaDepartment of Microbiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21936, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1212-9667
Kee-Jong HongDepartment of Microbiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21936, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2054-7014

Funding

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety RS-2024-00331833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combination vaccines provide the versatile benefits of addressing different pathogens simultaneously using a combined formulation. This approach can be regarded as a substantial modernization in immunization. In this review, we highlight various advancements in combination vaccines based on mRNA, viral vectors, live attenuated, and recombinant vaccines. Recent success in clinical trials of mRNA platforms for combination vaccines has particularly accelerated research in this direction. The advantages of combination vaccines in terms of patient adherence, cost effectiveness, and streamlined immunization schedule are discussed. The existing challenges of antigenic interference, logistical hurdles, and the complications of regulatory standards are analyzed. Research trends to make combination vaccines viable for emerging infections have been summarized. The current work provides a critical overview, the existing opportunities, and the future prospects of combination vaccines.

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attenuatedcombination vaccinesinfluenzamRNAmultivalent vaccinerecombinantSARS-CoV-2viral vector

Identifiers

PMID40333234
PMCPMC12031483

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