Vogel COVID-19: Search for a vaccine
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-658-38931-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 54 Seiten
Reihe: Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
ISBN: 978-3-658-38931-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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
Zielgruppe
Professional/practitioner
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
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.




