Animal Models to Test SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: Which Ones Are in Use and Future Expectations.
Pathogens
; 12(1)2022 Dec 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2230376
ABSTRACT
Since late 2019 and early 2020, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are rushing to develop treatment and prevention methods to combat SARS-CoV-2. Among these are vaccines. In view of this, the use of animals as experimental models, both to investigate the immunopathology of the disease and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vaccines, is mandatory. This work aims to describe, through recent scientific articles found in reliable databases, the animal models used for the in vivo testing of COVID-19 vaccines, demonstrating some possibilities of more advantageous/gold-standard models for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. The majority of the studies use rodents and primates. Meanwhile, the most adequate model to be used as the gold standard for in vivo tests of COVID-19 vaccines is not yet conclusive. Promising options are being discussed as new tests are being carried out and new SARS-CoV-2 variants are emerging.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Topics:
Vaccines
/
Variants
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Pathogens12010020
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