Thinking beyond Vaccination: Promising Add-On Strategies to Active Immunization and Vaccination in Pandemics—A Mini-Review

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 15; no. 6; p. 1372
• Main Authors: Tatzber, Franz, Wonisch, Willibald, Resch, Ulrike, Strohmaier, Wolfgang, Lindschinger, Meinrad, Mörkl, Sabrina, Cvirn, Gerhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Acids; Aerosols; allografting; Allografts; Animals; Antibodies, Neutralizing; Antibodies, Viral; Austria; blood; Brief Report; Cell fusion; Chloride; Control; Convalescence; COVID-19; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 infection; Crystals; Denaturation; dry blood spot; Epidemics; Evaluation; filtering face piece; Food preservation; Herd immunity; human monoclonal antibody; Humans; hypertonic salt solution; Immunization (passive); immunoglobulins; impregnation; Infections; Lymphocytes B; Masks; Methods; Mice; Microorganisms; Monoclonal antibodies; Myeloma; Osmosis; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pathogens; Proteins; Salt; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sodium; Somatic cells; Transplantation; Vaccination; Viral infections; Viruses; Austria; filtering face piece; dry blood spot; impregnation; hypertonic salt solution; human monoclonal antibody

There is little doubt that final victories over pandemics, such as COVID-19, are attributed to herd immunity, either through post-disease convalescence or active immunization of a high percentage of the world’s population with vaccines, which demonstrate protection from infection and transmission an...