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Vaccine versus Variants (3Vs): Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Effective against the Variants? A Systematic Review

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العنوان: Vaccine versus Variants (3Vs): Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Effective against the Variants? A Systematic Review
المؤلفون: Kadhim Hayawi, Sakib Shahriar, Mohamed Adel Serhani, Hany Alashwal, Mohammad M. Masud
المصدر: Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 11, p 1305 (2021)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: SARS-CoV-2, variants of concern, vaccine effectiveness, COVID-19, vaccine efficacy, Medicine
الوصف: Background: With the emergence and spread of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, concerns are raised about the effectiveness of the existing vaccines to protect against these new variants. Although many vaccines were found to be highly effective against the reference COVID-19 strain, the same level of protection may not be found against mutation strains. The objective of this study is to systematically review relevant studies in the literature and compare the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against new variants. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of research published in Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar until 30 August 2021. Studies including clinical trials, prospective cohorts, retrospective cohorts, and test negative case-controls that reported vaccine effectiveness against any COVID-19 variants were considered. PRISMA recommendations were adopted for screening, eligibility, and inclusion. Results: 129 unique studies were reviewed by the search criteria, of which 35 met the inclusion criteria. These comprised of 13 test negative case-control studies, 6 Phase 1–3 clinical trials, and 16 observational studies. The study location, type, vaccines used, variants considered, and reported efficacies were highlighted. Conclusion: Full vaccination (two doses) offers strong protection against Alpha (B.1.1.7) with 13 out of 15 studies reporting more than 84% efficacy. The results are not conclusive against the Beta (B.1.351) variant for fully vaccinated individuals with 4 out of 7 studies reporting efficacies between 22 and 60% and 3 out of 7 studies reporting efficacies between 75 and 100%. Protection against Gamma (P.1) variant was lower than 50% according to two studies in fully vaccinated individuals. The data on Delta (B.1.617.2) variant is limited but indicates lower protection compared to other variants.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2076-393X
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/11/1305; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-393X
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9111305
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/1088c41b108e4a8d86b24acdae0dc1fc
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.1088c41b108e4a8d86b24acdae0dc1fc
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:2076393X
DOI:10.3390/vaccines9111305