Human challenge trials to assess the efficacy of currently approved COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants
Shan Su, Yiming Shao, Shibo Jiang
Abstract
Human challenge trials (HCTs) are trials in which volunteers are intentionally challenged with an infectious organism, such as virus, prior to, or post-, vaccination [1].In 1796, physician Edward J...
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