Litcius/Paper detail

The find of COVID-19 vaccine: Challenges and opportunities

Marwan ElBagoury, Mahmoud M. Tolba, Hebatallah A. Nasser, Abdul Jabbar, Ahmed Taha Ayoub, Yahia Aktham, Amy Hutchinson

2020Journal of Infection and Public Health71 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), a novel corona virus, causing COVID-19 with Flu-like symptoms is the first alarming pandemic of the third millennium. SARS-CoV-2 belongs to beta coronavirus as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Pandemic COVID-19 owes devastating mortality and destructively exceptional consequences on Socio-Economics life around the world. Therefore, the current review is redirected to the scientific community to owe comprehensive visualization about SARS-CoV-2 to tackle the current pandemic. As systematically shown through the current review, it indexes unmet medical problem of COVID-19 in view of public health and vaccination discovery for the infectious SARS-CoV-2; it is currently under-investigational therapeutic protocols, and next possible vaccines. Furthermore, the review extensively reports the precautionary measures to achieve" COVID-19/Flatten the curve". It is concluded that vaccines formulation within exceptional no time in this pandemic is highly recommended, via following the same protocols of previous pandemics; MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, and excluding some initial steps of vaccination development process.

Topics & Concepts

PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)VaccinationSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineCoronavirusPublic healthMiddle East respiratory syndrome coronavirusMiddle East respiratory syndrome2019-20 coronavirus outbreakIntensive care medicineVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseOutbreakPathologyNursingSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy