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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Main Authors: Shant H. Mahrokhian, Lisa H. Tostanoski, Samuel J. Vidal, Dan H. Barouch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2324549
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author Shant H. Mahrokhian
Lisa H. Tostanoski
Samuel J. Vidal
Dan H. Barouch
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-d5cddb4db5dc402cb1d85766789d8d242024-03-22T13:33:26ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2024-12-0120110.1080/21645515.2024.2324549COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomesShant H. Mahrokhian0Lisa H. Tostanoski1Samuel J. Vidal2Dan H. Barouch3Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACenter for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACenter for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACenter for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAABSTRACTSevere 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.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2324549COVID-19immune correlatesvaccinesSARS-CoV-2 variantsmucosal immunityT-cells
spellingShingle Shant H. Mahrokhian
Lisa H. Tostanoski
Samuel J. Vidal
Dan H. Barouch
COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomes
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
COVID-19
immune correlates
vaccines
SARS-CoV-2 variants
mucosal immunity
T-cells
title COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomes
title_full COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomes
title_fullStr COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomes
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomes
title_short COVID-19 vaccines: Immune correlates and clinical outcomes
title_sort covid 19 vaccines immune correlates and clinical outcomes
topic COVID-19
immune correlates
vaccines
SARS-CoV-2 variants
mucosal immunity
T-cells
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2324549
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