Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a deadly viral respiratory disease caused by MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. To date, there is no specific treatment proven effective against this viral disease. In addition, no vaccine has been licensed to prevent MERS-CoV infection thus far. Theref...

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Main Authors: Yong, Chean Yeah, Ong, Hui Kian, Swee, Keong Yeap, Ho, Kok Lian, Tan, Wen Siang
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media 2019
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author Yong, Chean Yeah
Ong, Hui Kian
Swee, Keong Yeap
Ho, Kok Lian
Tan, Wen Siang
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Ong, Hui Kian
Swee, Keong Yeap
Ho, Kok Lian
Tan, Wen Siang
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description Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a deadly viral respiratory disease caused by MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. To date, there is no specific treatment proven effective against this viral disease. In addition, no vaccine has been licensed to prevent MERS-CoV infection thus far. Therefore, our current review focuses on the most recent studies in search of an effective MERS vaccine. Overall, vaccine candidates against MERS-CoV are mainly based upon the viral spike (S) protein, due to its vital role in the viral infectivity, although several studies focused on other viral proteins such as the nucleocapsid (N) protein, envelope (E) protein, and non-structural protein 16 (NSP16) have also been reported. In general, the potential vaccine candidates can be classified into six types: viral vector-based vaccine, DNA vaccine, subunit vaccine, nanoparticle-based vaccine, inactivated-whole virus vaccine and live-attenuated vaccine, which are discussed in detail. Besides, the immune responses and potential antibody dependent enhancement of MERS-CoV infection are extensively reviewed. In addition, animal models used to study MERS-CoV and evaluate the vaccine candidates are discussed intensively.
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spelling upm-819402021-08-13T09:56:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81940/ Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus Yong, Chean Yeah Ong, Hui Kian Swee, Keong Yeap Ho, Kok Lian Tan, Wen Siang Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a deadly viral respiratory disease caused by MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. To date, there is no specific treatment proven effective against this viral disease. In addition, no vaccine has been licensed to prevent MERS-CoV infection thus far. Therefore, our current review focuses on the most recent studies in search of an effective MERS vaccine. Overall, vaccine candidates against MERS-CoV are mainly based upon the viral spike (S) protein, due to its vital role in the viral infectivity, although several studies focused on other viral proteins such as the nucleocapsid (N) protein, envelope (E) protein, and non-structural protein 16 (NSP16) have also been reported. In general, the potential vaccine candidates can be classified into six types: viral vector-based vaccine, DNA vaccine, subunit vaccine, nanoparticle-based vaccine, inactivated-whole virus vaccine and live-attenuated vaccine, which are discussed in detail. Besides, the immune responses and potential antibody dependent enhancement of MERS-CoV infection are extensively reviewed. In addition, animal models used to study MERS-CoV and evaluate the vaccine candidates are discussed intensively. Frontiers Media 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81940/1/Recent%20advances%20in%20the%20vaccine%20development%20against%20Middle%20East%20respiratory%20syndrome-%20coronavirus.pdf Yong, Chean Yeah and Ong, Hui Kian and Swee, Keong Yeap and Ho, Kok Lian and Tan, Wen Siang (2019) Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1664-302X https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01781/full 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01781
spellingShingle Yong, Chean Yeah
Ong, Hui Kian
Swee, Keong Yeap
Ho, Kok Lian
Tan, Wen Siang
Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus
title Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus
title_full Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus
title_fullStr Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus
title_full_unstemmed Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus
title_short Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome- coronavirus
title_sort recent advances in the vaccine development against middle east respiratory syndrome- coronavirus
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81940/1/Recent%20advances%20in%20the%20vaccine%20development%20against%20Middle%20East%20respiratory%20syndrome-%20coronavirus.pdf