Potential for elimination of SAR‐CoV‐2 through vaccination as inspired by elimination of multiple influenza viruses through natural pandemics or mass vaccination

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 92; no. 11; pp. 2453 - 2457
• Main Authors: Chen, Ji‐Ming, Sun, Ying‐Xue, Chen, Ji‐Wang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Avian flu; Coronaviridae; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 Vaccines - administration & dosage; COVID-19 Vaccines - immunology; elimination; Herd immunity; Humans; Immunity; Immunity, Herd; Influenza; International cooperation; Mass Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Orthomyxoviridae; pandemic; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Public health; Respiratory diseases; Review; Reviews; SARS‐CoV‐2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccination; vaccine; Vaccines; Viral diseases; Virology; Viruses; Warfare; COVID-19; herd immunity; influenza; SARS-CoV-2; vaccine; pandemic; elimination; vaccination

The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the novel virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has claimed many lives worldwide. To combat the pandemic, multiple types of vaccines are under development with unprecedented rapidity. Theoretically, fu...