{"title":"Updates on Coronavirus Disease-2019 Vaccine and Consideration in Children","authors":"H. Kang, E. Choi, Yae-Jean Kim","doi":"10.14776/PIV.2021.28.E6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"As of March 2021, humanity has been suffering from the global severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic that began late 2019 In 2020, new vaccine platforms— including mRNA vaccines and viral vector-based DNA vaccines—have been given emergency use authorization (EUA), leading to rolling out the vaccines for global mass vaccinations The purpose of this article is to review the currently most widely used coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines: their action mechanisms and efficacy and safety data from clinical trials that have been published to date In addition, the current status of clinical trials in the pediatric population was summarized, and further consideration for them was discussed","PeriodicalId":37997,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Infection and Vaccine","volume":"26 1","pages":"7-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatric Infection and Vaccine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14776/PIV.2021.28.E6","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As of March 2021, humanity has been suffering from the global severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic that began late 2019 In 2020, new vaccine platforms— including mRNA vaccines and viral vector-based DNA vaccines—have been given emergency use authorization (EUA), leading to rolling out the vaccines for global mass vaccinations The purpose of this article is to review the currently most widely used coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines: their action mechanisms and efficacy and safety data from clinical trials that have been published to date In addition, the current status of clinical trials in the pediatric population was summarized, and further consideration for them was discussed
期刊介绍:
Pediatric Infection and Vaccine is an official publication of the Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a peer-reviewed, open-access, multidisciplinary journal directed to physicians and other health care professionals who manage infectious diseases of childhood. The editorial board calls for the articles that originate from worldwide research or clinical study groups and the publication is determined by the editors and reviewers who are the experts in the specific field of infectious diseases of childhood. The categories of manuscripts are original articles, case reports, reviews and rapid communication. The Journal is published triannually and distributed to members of the Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, medical schools, libraries and related institutes to persue the academic advancement in infectious diseases and to promote active communication between the members and international societies of pediatric infectious diseases. Eventually, the journal aims to contribute to the cure of infectious diseases of childhood and to the improvement of public health.