Understanding the challenges to COVID-19 vaccines and treatment options, herd immunity and probability of reinfection

Unlike pandemics in the past, the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which rapidly spread worldwide, was met with a different approach to control and measures implemented across affected countries. The lack of understanding of the fundamental nature of the outbreak continues to make CO...

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Autores principales: Al-Hatamleh, Mohammad A.I., Abusalah, Mai A., Hatmal, Ma'mon M., Alshaer, Walhan, Ahmad, Suhana, Mohd-Zahid, Manali H., Rahman, Engku Nur Syafirah E.A., Yean, Chan Y., Alias, Iskandar Z., Uskoković, Vuk, Mohamud, Rohimah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taibah University 2022
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9758618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36570799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2022.11.007
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Sumario:Unlike pandemics in the past, the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which rapidly spread worldwide, was met with a different approach to control and measures implemented across affected countries. The lack of understanding of the fundamental nature of the outbreak continues to make COVID-19 challenging to manage for both healthcare practitioners and the scientific community. Challenges to vaccine development and evaluation, current therapeutic options, convalescent plasma therapy, herd immunity, and the emergence of reinfection and new variants remain the major obstacles to combating COVID-19. This review discusses these challenges in the management of COVID-19 at length and highlights the mechanisms needed to provide better understanding of this pandemic.

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