Safety and Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa: Systematic Review.

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2023)

Almost all current COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe for African study participants. Regarding efficacy, the protein subunit vaccine and mRNA vaccine exhibited high efficacy (100%) in this group of participants. However, Ad26. COV2.S and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 COVID-19 vaccines are not effective against the delta variant and B.1.351 variant, respectively.

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coronavirus disease
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