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Beyond the Pandemic Era: Recent Advances and Efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Against Emerging Variants of Concern.

Ankita Saha, Sounak Ghosh Roy, Richa Dwivedi, Prajna Tripathi, Kamal Kumar, Shashank Manohar Nambiar, Rajiv Pathak

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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 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ankita SahaDepartment of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA.
Sounak Ghosh RoyHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Naval Medical Research Command, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2045-0370
Richa DwivediDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3007-3393
Prajna TripathiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2242-0404
Kamal KumarDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5171-894X
Shashank Manohar NambiarDivision of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2925-5627
Rajiv PathakDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9133-3983

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination has been instrumental in curbing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and mitigating the severity of clinical manifestations associated with COVID-19. Numerous COVID-19 vaccines have been developed to this effect, including BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna's mRNA vaccines, as well as adenovirus vector-based vaccines such as Oxford-AstraZeneca. However, the emergence of new variants and subvariants of SARS-CoV-2, characterized by enhanced transmissibility and immune evasion, poses significant challenges to the efficacy of current vaccination strategies. In this review, we aim to comprehensively outline the landscape of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) and sub-lineages that have recently surfaced in the post-pandemic years. We assess the effectiveness of existing vaccines, including their booster doses, against these emerging variants and subvariants, such as BA.2-derived sub-lineages, XBB sub-lineages, and BA.2.86 (Pirola). Furthermore, we discuss the latest advancements in vaccine technology, including multivalent and pan-coronavirus approaches, along with the development of several next-generation coronavirus vaccines, such as exosome-based, virus-like particle (VLP), mucosal, and nanomaterial-based vaccines. Finally, we highlight the key challenges and critical areas for future research to address the evolving threat of SARS-CoV-2 subvariants and to develop strategies for combating the emergence of new viral threats, thereby improving preparedness for future pandemics.

Indexed as

COVID-19multivalent vaccinesnext-generation vaccinesOmicron subvariantspan-coronaviruspost-pandemic eraSARS-CoV-2variants of concern (VOCs)

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PMID40333293
PMCPMC12031379

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