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Main description:
This book presents the principle, strengths and weaknesses, and progress of various vaccine technologies against COVID-19. Additionally, important terms such as clinical phases, efficacy and sterilizing immunity are explained. In this second edition, the already approved vaccines are also presented and the importance of viral variants is explained
Contents:
Introduction.- Coronaviruses: history and viral properties.- Vaccine technologies, approaches against COVID-19, clinical phases.- Attenuated live vaccines.- Vector vaccines and virus-like particles.- Inactivated vaccines.- Recombinant proteins (protein subunits).- Nucleic acid-based vaccines.- Other aspects - One vaccine for all? - Herd immunity - Duration of immunity - Sterilizing immunity.- Summary.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer Spektrum)
Publication date: December, 2022
Pages: None
Weight: 103g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Biochemistry, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology