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Aged Population and Immunocompromised Patients: Impact on SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Treatment Outcomes

A special issue of Biologics (ISSN 2673-8449).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 7532

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Vasso Apostolopoulos

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Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3011, Australia
Interests: immunology; protein crystallography; medicinal chemistry; cellular and molecular biology; extensive translational research; clinical trials; vaccines; drugs; healthy ageing; chronic diseases; inflammation
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Dr. Vivek P. Chavda

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Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, L M College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad 380008, Gujarat, India
Interests: immunology; inflammation; vaccine formulations; vaccine validations; biologics; immunotherapeutics; antigen delivery; infectious diseases
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Dr. Mahesh T. Chhabria

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L M College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Interests: small molecule designing using CADD techniques; green chemistry; microwave synthesis; alternate synthetic routes for existing drugs

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Since the beginning of the pandemic, new “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” variants have emerged that can influence the airborne transmission, virulence, and immune evasion of affected individuals. The neutralizing antibodies produced as a result of vaccination or post-recovery of COVID-19 are not providing sufficient immune protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. SARS-CoV-2 variant-specific vaccines are required for better protection. A range of treatment options has become available, specifically for the aged, those with underlying health conditions, and the immunocompromised.

This Special Issue seeks all types of manuscripts (e.g., reviews, research articles, and short communications) on the impact of the aged population and immunocompromised patients on SARS-CoV-2 variants, vaccine efficacy, and treatment outcomes.

We cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue to advance our knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 and determine the means to overcome the pandemic.

Prof. Dr. Vasso Apostolopoulos
Dr. Vivek P. Chavda
Dr. Mahesh T. Chhabria
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • COVID-19 and aged population
  • immunological studies
  • immune memory in aged population and immunocompromised patients
  • tracking the viral antigenic shift associated with the different viral variants
  • T and B-cells immune responses induction and durability
  • viral macromolecules circulation, prevalence, and shedding are associated with pathogenesis and/or post-COVID-19 syndromes
  • novel molecule design strategies
  • vaccines, drugs, treatments
  • strategies for further clinical trials

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Aged Population and Immunocompromised Patients: Impact on SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Treatment Outcomes
by Vivek P. Chavda, Mahesh T. Chhabria and Vasso Apostolopoulos
Biologics 2022, 2(3), 165-170; https://doi.org/10.3390/biologics2030013 - 22 Jul 2022
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Patients with an immunocompromised state are at risk of developing a long-term infection from the coronavirus 2 that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) [...] Full article
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A Review on the Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariant on Elderly Patients with Diverse Co-Morbidities
by Avinash Khadela, Shruti Soni, Kaivalya Megha, Shivam Bhagat and Vivek P. Chavda
Biologics 2023, 3(2), 138-157; https://doi.org/10.3390/biologics3020008 - 9 Jun 2023
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused a catastrophic impact on the world for the past 3 years. The virus has now returned with the emergence of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant. Within two months of its first emergence in South Africa, Omicron became the most [...] Read more.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused a catastrophic impact on the world for the past 3 years. The virus has now returned with the emergence of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant. Within two months of its first emergence in South Africa, Omicron became the most dominating SARS-CoV-2 variant around the world, being the cause of the majority of new infections at present. Omicron has presented with the greatest transmission rate of all the previous variants despite the presence of mass vaccinations and acquired immunity. Several monoclonal antibodies and mRNA vaccines have failed to produce desired effects owing to a large number of mutations present in the Omicron variant. The introduction of the booster dose of the present mRNA vaccines has proven to be a great addition to the therapeutic armamentarium against the Omicron variant. Immunocompromised patients including the elderly, cancer patients, organ transplant recipients, and those with multiple comorbidities have been at a greater risk of developing severe diseases since the pre-Omicron era. The emergence of Omicron again raised a threat against this population. The protection from severe disease and mortality rates through the utilization of multiple immunizations and monoclonal antibodies has been controversial in this subgroup of patients. Thus, designing large-scale studies to evaluate the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines in these patients can provide evidence-based recommendations to improve survival in this population. This article attempts to discuss the different subvariants of Omicron, differences in the mutational aspects along with the particular focus on the consequences of the Omicron infection in the elderly population with diverse comorbidities. Full article
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