COVID-19 vaccine: where are we now and where should we go?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has currently caused the pandemic with a high progressive speed and has been considered as the global public health crisis in 2020. This new member of the coronavirus family has created a potentially fatal disease, called coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Despite the continuous efforts of researchers to find effective vaccines and drugs for COVID-19, there is still no success in this matter.

Areas covered

Here, the literature regarding the COVID-19 vaccine candidates currently in the clinical trials, as well as main candidates in pre-clinical stages for development and research, were reviewed. These candidates have been developed under five different major platforms, including live-attenuated va

SUBMITTER: Soleimanpour S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7898300 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature