An overview of the vaccine platforms to combat COVID-19 with a focus on the subunit vaccines.

ABSTRACT: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging virus that has caused the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic. The current approved COVID-19 vaccines have shown considerable efficiency against hospitalization and death. However, the continuation of the pandemic for more than two years and the likelihood of new strain emergence despite the global rollout of vaccination highlight the immediate need for the development and improvement of vaccines. mRNA, viral vector, and inactivated virus vaccine platforms were the first members of the worldwide approved vaccine list. Subunit vaccines. which are vaccines based on synthetic peptides or recombinant proteins, have been used in lower numbers and limited countries. The unavoidable advantages of this pl

SUBMITTER: Bayani F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938630 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature