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Covid-19 vaccine candidates under clinical evaluation - a review
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, DINESH KUMAR LAKSHMI NARAYANAN, SAMINATHAN KAYAROHANAM, SHIVKANYA FULORIA, NEERAJ KUMAR FULORIA, ASHOK KUMAR JANAKIRAMAN, SINOUVASSANE DJEARAMANE, YUAN SENG WU, SRIKUMAR CHAKRAVARTHI, VETRISELVAN SUBRAMANIYAN
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| Abstract:
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Vaccine development against SARS-CoV-2 have reached to a centre stage across globe attributed to the Covid
19 pandemic. As treatment options for Covid-19 are yet to be explored, so the onus is on vaccines to stimulate
humoral and cellular immunity in fight against present pandemic. In vaccinology the prior research against similar
coronaviruses such as SARS and MERS have enabled the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccine. Smallpox
eradication and diseases like polio, mumps and measles have been checked using vaccines. Keeping in view of
the current situation Scientific world has responded remarkably with development and acceleration of various
vaccine candidates. Present review highlights the vaccines that are under clinical evaluation stage as per the
WHO report of August 2020.
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Covid-19, Clinical Trials, Vaccines, SARS-CoV-2
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.666
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