Immunogenicity and protectivity of the peptide candidate vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-19
Author(s):  
Aleksandr B. Ryzhikov ◽  
Evgenii А. Ryzhikov ◽  
Marina P. Bogryantseva ◽  
Elena D. Danilenko ◽  
Ilnaz R. Imatdinov ◽  
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Background: In 2020, the pandemic caused by novel coronavirus infection has become one of the most critical global health challenges during the past century. The lack of a vaccine, as the most effective way to control the novel infection, has prompted the development of a large number of preventive products by the scientific community. We have developed a candidate vaccine (EpiVacCorona) against novel coronavirus infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 that is based on chemically synthesized peptides conjugated to a carrier protein and adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide and studied the specific activity of the developed vaccine. Aims: Study of the immunogenicity and protectivity of the peptide candidate vaccine EpiVacCorona. Materials and methods: the work was performed using standard molecular biological, virological and histological methods. Results: It was demonstrated that EpiVacCorona, when administered twice, spaced 14 days apart, to hamsters, ferrets, and non-human primates (African green monkeys, rhesus macaques) at a dose of 260 g, which is equal to one inoculation dose for humans, induces virus-specific antibodies in 100% of the animals. Experiments in hamsters showed this vaccine to be associated with the dose-dependent immunogenicity. The vaccine was shown to accelerate the elimination of the virus from the upper respiratory tract in ferrets and prevent the development of pneumonia in hamsters and non-human primates following a respiratory challenge with novel coronavirus. Conclusions: The results of a preclinical specific activity study indicate that the use of EpiVacCorona has the potential for human vaccination.

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1198-1201
Author(s):  
Syed Yasir Afaque

In December 2019, a unique coronavirus infection, SARS-CoV-2, was first identified in the province of Wuhan in China. Since then, it spread rapidly all over the world and has been responsible for a large number of morbidity and mortality among humans. According to a latest study, Diabetes mellitus, heart diseases, Hypertension etc. are being considered important risk factors for the development of this infection and is also associated with unfavorable outcomes in these patients. There is little evidence concerning the trail back of these patients possibly because of a small number of participants and people who experienced primary composite outcomes (such as admission in the ICU, usage of machine-driven ventilation or even fatality of these patients). Until now, there are no academic findings that have proven independent prognostic value of diabetes on death in the novel Coronavirus patients. However, there are several conjectures linking Diabetes with the impact as well as progression of COVID-19 in these patients. The aim of this review is to acknowledge about the association amongst Diabetes and the novel Coronavirus and the result of the infection in such patients.


Author(s):  
Maksim Leonidovich Maksimov ◽  
Albina Ayratovna Zvegintseva ◽  
Lyudmila Yurievna Kulagina ◽  
Albina Zainutdinovna Nigmedzyanova ◽  
Elvina Ramisovna Kadyseva

A review article is based on current foreign sources. The level of cytokines in the peripheral blood can be increased in many diseases, but in some cases there may be an excess of their normal concentration in tens, hundreds or more times with the development of a peculiar clinical picture, which is based on a systemic inflammatory reaction. In the literature this condition has received the figurative name «cytokine storm», which highlights an extremely violent reaction of the immune system with an unknown (often unfavorable) outcome. Close attention of the scientific world and the public to the problem of extremely high levels of cytokines in the peripheral blood (hypercytokinemia) was drawn due to the high frequency of the cytokine storm in the novel coronavirus infection.


2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
I.M. Kagantsov ◽  
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V.V. Sizonov ◽  
V.G. Svarich ◽  
K.P. Piskunov ◽  
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The novel coronavirus infection (SARS-CoV-2), which first appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has been declared a global pandemic by WHO. COVID-19 affects people of all age groups. The disease in children is usually asymptomatic or mild compared to adults, and with a significantly lower death rates. Data on kidney damage in children with COVID-19, as well as the effect of coronavirus infection on the course of diseases of the genitourinary system, are limited, the risks of contracting a new coronavirus infection in children with significant health problems, including those with chronic kidney disease, remain uncertain. The pandemic has affected the activities of surgeons treating diseases of the urinary system in children. Since the prospects for the end of the pandemic are vague, it is necessary to formulate criteria for selecting patients who can and should be provided with routine care in the pandemic. The purpose of this review is to highlight the features of the clinical manifestations and treatment of children with COVID-19, occurring against the background of previous renal pathology or complicating its course.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9_2021 ◽  
pp. 232-236
Author(s):  
Shklyaev A.E. Shklyaev A ◽  
Bessonov A.G. Bessonov A ◽  
Chushyalova D.A. Chushyalova D ◽  
Mikhailova M.D. Mikhailova M ◽  
Meleshkina M.V. Meleshkina M ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
O. B. Tamrazova ◽  
A. S. Stadnikova ◽  
E. V. Rudikova

In late 2019, a new viral infection appeared in China, which spread around the world, causing a pandemic. The causative agent of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 is the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The review presents modern data on the epidemiology, pathogenesis and course of the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19 in children. Chinese, American and European scientists have described a variety of cutaneous manifestations in children with COVID-19. The article provides a literature review of the cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 coronavirus infection in children. During our own observation of 301 patients with coronavirus infection COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 at the Bashlyaevs Children Hospital in Moscow from May 17 to November 16, 2020, it was revealed that 39 (13 %) patients had skin manifestations. The article presents a classification of skin manifestations characteristic of COVID-19. A brief description of each group is given.


Author(s):  
И.Б. Симарова ◽  
С.Н. Переходов ◽  
А.Ю. Буланов

Гиперкоагуляционный характер коагулопатии, ассоциированной с новой коронавирусной инфекцией COVID-19, и высокий риск связанных с этим тромботических осложнений — хорошо известный факт на сегодняшний день. Тем не менее в литературе имеются описания и геморрагических событий у больных COVID. В обзоре приведен анализ публикаций, описывающих кровотечения при коронавирусной инфекции; общая частота их в среднем составляет 4–8%. Превалируют желудочно-кишечные кровотечения, существенную часть составляют межмышечные гематомы и кровоизлияния в кожу и слизистые. Показана предиктивная роль применения антикоагулянтов в терапевтических дозах и гипофибриногенемии. Отмечено отсутствие четкого понимания патофизиологических механизмов. Hypercoagulable character of coagulopathy associated with the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19, and the high risk of associated thrombotic complications is a well-known fact. However, there are also case reports of hemorrhagic events in COVID patients in the literature. The review summarizes the publications describing bleedings in coronavirus infection; their overall frequency is on average 4–8%. Gastrointestinal bleeding are prevalent, intermuscular hematomas and hemorrhages in the skin and mucous membranes are frequent. The predictive role of anticoagulants use in therapeutic doses and hypofibrinogenemia is shown. The absence of clear understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms is noted.


Author(s):  
O.B. Baleva ◽  
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N.V. Savchenko ◽  
V.V. Egorov ◽  
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...  

Changes in work of the clinical expert department of the Khabarovsk branch of the S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution (the Khabarovsk branch) in the context of a pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease were analyzed in the article. The difficulties that have appeared in all sections of the work performed are described, both medical and expert: the time for checking the quality of filling out medical documentation has increased due to the identification of a larger number of defects; the time for medical control and discharge of patients from the hospital has increased due to the impossibility of accumulating patients in one place and the need to maintain social distance; difficulties arose in working with experts from insurance companies due to the lack of direct communication (medical records are checked outside the Khabarovsk branch). The concern of people about the possibility of carrying out surgical treatment in conditions of coronavirus infection was expressed in an increase in the information load of the «Question - Answer» section on the website of the Khabarovsk branch and, accordingly, on the doctors in the clinical expert department working with it. Key words: pandemic, COVID-19, SARSCoV-2, anti-epidemic measures, personal protective equipment, social distance, treatment control, medical documentation, medical and economic expertise.


2020 ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
S.A. Babanov

The article discusses in detail the regulatory and sanitary-epidemiological issues of expertise and additional insurance guarantees for certain categories of medical workers who are infected with the new COVID-19 coronavirus infection.


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