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Author(s)
Safar HA,
Mustafa AS,
McHugh TD
Publication year2020
Publication titleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials [Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob] 2020 Nov 30; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 56. Date of Electronic Publication:
Resource typeAcademic journal
PublisherAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials [Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob] 2020 Nov 30; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 56. Date of Electronic Publication:
At the time of writing, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected more than 49 million people causing more than 1.2 million deaths worldwide since its emergence from Wuhan, China in December 2019. Vaccine development against SARS-CoV-2 has drawn the global attention in order to stop the spread of the virus, with more than 10 vaccines being tested in phase III clinical trials, as of November 2020. However, critical to vaccine development is consideration of the immunological response elicited as well as biological features of the vaccine and both need to be evaluated thoroughly. Tuberculosis is also a major infectious respiratory disease of worldwide prevalence and the vaccine development for tuberculosis has been ongoing for decades. In this review, we highlight some of the common features, challenges and complications in tuberculosis vaccine development, which may also be relevant for, and inform, COVID-19 vaccine development.
Keyword(s)COVID-19 etiology , COVID-19 transmission , COVID-19 Vaccines adverse effects , Humans , COVID-19 prevention & control , COVID-19 Vaccines immunology , SARS-CoV-2 immunology , Tuberculosis Vaccines immunology
Language(s)English
eISSN1476-0711
DOI10.1186/s12941-020-00402-x

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