Viruses, Vol. 13, Pages 1687: SARS-CoV-2 Infection: New Molecular, Phylogenetic, and Pathogenetic Insights. Efficacy of Current Vaccines and the Potential Risk of Variants
Viruses, Vol. 13, Pages 1687: SARS-CoV-2 Infection: New Molecular, Phylogenetic, and Pathogenetic Insights. Efficacy of Current Vaccines and the Potential Risk of Variants
Viruses doi: 10.3390/v13091687
Authors:
John Charles Rotondo
Fernanda Martini
Martina Maritati
Chiara Mazziotta
Giulia Di Mauro
Carmen Lanzillotti
Nicole Barp
Altea Gallerani
Mauro Tognon
Carlo Contini
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a newly discovered coronavirus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 has rapidly become a public health emergency of international concern. Although remarkable scientific achievements have been reached since the beginning of the pandemic, the knowledge behind this novel coronavirus, in terms of molecular and pathogenic characteristics and zoonotic potential, is still relatively limited. Today, there is a vaccine, or rather several vaccines, which, for the first time in the history of highly contagious infectious diseases that have plagued mankind, has been manufactured in just one year. Currently, four vaccines are licensed by regulatory agencies, and they use RNA or viral vector technologies. The positive effects of the vaccination campaign are being felt in many parts of the world, but the disappearance of this new infection is still far from being a reality, as it is also threatened by the presence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants that could undermine the effectiveness of the vaccine, ...
Source: Viruses - Category: Virology Authors: John Charles Rotondo Fernanda Martini Martina Maritati Chiara Mazziotta Giulia Di Mauro Carmen Lanzillotti Nicole Barp Altea Gallerani Mauro Tognon Carlo Contini Tags: Review Source Type: research
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