Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19: Safety, Immunogenicity and Effectiveness of Available Vaccines
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 34843
Special Issue Editor
2. Occupational Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Interests: occupational medicine; workplace safety and health; occupational epidemiology; biological risks; preventive medicine; healthcare settings and workers; digital health tools applied to occupational medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 crisis is the greatest global challenge faced by the world in modern times. Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, approximately 270 million cases have been identified and there have been more than 5 million deaths worldwide. With this in mind, there has been unprecedented international effort, from both private and public institutions, to develop a vaccine against its causative agent, SARS-CoV-2. Vaccines represent a key preventive measure in the fight against infectious diseases, effectively reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by a specific pathogen among a susceptible population; however, unfortunately, the global burden of COVID-19 remains high, and evidence on the immunogenicity, safety and effectiveness of the current vaccines is still fundamental to guide further decisions on the ongoing immunization programmes. Clinical trial results can be influenced by various study biases; therefore, it is crucial to estimate these endpoints in real-world settings. In this Special Issue, we aim to gather high-quality evidence on the immunogenicity, safety and effectiveness of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines in different study populations. This will provide an evidence-based platform that will be extremely useful for the development of more accurate and effective public health strategies for COVID-19.
Prof. Paolo Durando
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- vaccine
- safety
- immunogenicity
- effectiveness
- public health
- occupational medicine
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