Tag: inactivated vaccine

A New Vaccine Candidate Strain of Coxsackievirus B5 Selected on the Basis of its Biological Properties

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Evidence indicates that coxsackievirus B5 (CVB5) can cause meningitis, and hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), and is associated with type 1 diabetes. No effective drug or vaccine is available for treating CVB5 infections or controlling outbreaks. The Vero-cell-adapted vaccine candidate strain KM299-L05 underwent comprehensive phylogenetic analysis, […]

Effectiveness of Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines During a Delta Variant Outbreak in Hunan Province, China

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal.  This study investigates the effectiveness of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines against the Delta variant. The authors of this article performed a retrospective cohort study of close contacts of people with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hunan province, China, from July to August 2021. Mixed-effect logistic regression was used to […]