Factors Affecting the Antibody Immunogenicity of Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2: A Focused Review

Zhangkai Jason Cheng1, Mingshan Xue1, Peiyan Zheng1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Disease, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, China.

Vaccines
|August 28, 2021
PubMed

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