COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomes
ABSTRACTSevere disease due to COVID-19 has declined dramatically as a result of widespread vaccination and natural immunity in the population. With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants that largely escape vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibody responses, the efficacy of the original vaccines has wan...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2024-12-01
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Series: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2324549 |
Summary: | ABSTRACTSevere disease due to COVID-19 has declined dramatically as a result of widespread vaccination and natural immunity in the population. With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants that largely escape vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibody responses, the efficacy of the original vaccines has waned and has required vaccine updating and boosting. Nevertheless, hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 have remained low. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of immune responses that contribute to population immunity and the mechanisms how vaccines attenuate COVID-19 disease severity. |
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ISSN: | 2164-5515 2164-554X |