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An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report
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BACKGROUND: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in late 2019 and spread globally, prompting an international effort to accelerate development of a vaccine. The candidate vaccine mRNA-1273 encodes the stabilized prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. METHODS: We conducted a phase 1, dose-escalation, open-label trial including 45 healthy adults, 18 to 55 years of age, who received two vaccinations, 28 days apart, with mRNA-1273 in a dose of 25 μg, 100 μg, or 250 μg. There were 15 participants in each dose group. RESULTS: After the first vaccination, antibody responses were higher with higher dose (day 29 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay anti-S-2P antibody geometric mean titer [GMT], 40,227 in the 25-μg group, 109,209 in the 100-μg group, and 213,526 in the 250-μg group). After the second vaccination, the titers increased (day 57 GMT, 299,751, 782,719, and 1,192,154, respectively). After the second vaccination, serum-neutralizing activity was detected by two methods in all participants evaluated, with values generally similar to those in the upper half of the distribution of a panel of control convalescent serum specimens. Solicited adverse events that occurred in more than half the participants included fatigue, chills, headache, myalgia, and pain at the injection site. Systemic adverse events were more common after the second vaccination, particularly with the highest dose, and three participants (21%) in the 250-μg dose group reported one or more severe adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: The mRNA-1273 vaccine induced anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in all participants, and no trial-limiting safety concerns were identified. These findings support further development of this vaccine. (Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and others; mRNA-1273 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04283461).
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“Moreover, S-2P conformational stability translates into greater immunogenicity,27-29 based on preservation of neutralization-sensitive epitopes at the apex of the prefusion molecule, as shown for respiratory syncytial virus F glycoprotein,30 and improved protein expression,27 which is particularly advantageous for gene-based antigen delivery.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Supportedcites [27] Pallesen J, Wang N, Corbett KS, et al. Immunogenicity and structures of a rationally designed prefusion MERS-CoV spike antigen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114: E7348- E7357. 28807998 PMC5584442 source
The Results (p. 3) report stronger neutralizing responses in mice vaccinated with MERS S-2P than with S1 or WT S, and a greater than 50-fold improvement in protein yield. The Discussion (p. 7) links prefusion stabilization to preservation of neutralization-sensitive epitopes. The specific apex example is attributed separately to the RSV citation, not to this paper. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Partly supportedcites [28] Wrapp D, De Vlieger D, Corbett KS, et al. Structural basis for potent neutralization of betacoronaviruses by single-domain camelid antibodies. Cell 2020; 181(5): 1004.e15- 1015.e15. 32375025 PMC7199733 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction and Discussion report that immunization with prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV spikes elicited neutralizing antibodies. They do not compare S-2P immunogenicity with an unstabilized spike or show that S-2P stability improved protein expression; the expression yield reported in the Discussion is for the engineered VHH-72-Fc antibody, not S-2P. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)
- Could not verifycites [29] Wang N, Rosen O, Wang L, et al. Structural definition of a neutralization-sensitive epitope on the MERS-CoV S1-NTD. Cell Rep 2019; 28(13): 3395.e6- 3405.e6. 31553909 PMC6935267 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Methods describe S-2P as a stabilized MERS-CoV spike protein, and the Discussion says the S1-NTD is immunogenic. Neither passage reports that S-2P’s conformational stability increases immunogenicity; a search for an S-2P immunogenicity comparison and improved expression found no such result in our copy. The citing sentence attaches the preservation-of-epitopes and expression explanations to other citations. (LLM, conf=0.74)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [30] Crank MC, Ruckwardt TJ, Chen M, et al. A proof of concept for structure-based vaccine design targeting RSV in humans. Science 2019; 365: 505- 509. 31371616 source
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“Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses have been associated with vaccine-induced protection against challenge18 or subsequent rechallenge after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a rhesus macaque model.19”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Supportedcites [18] van Doremalen N, Lambe T, Spencer A, et al. ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination prevents SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in rhesus macaques. May 13, 2020 (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195v1). preprint. 33469217 source
Citation 18 supports the vaccine-challenge part of the sentence, not the separately cited rechallenge part. In “Immunogenicity in rhesus macaques,” vaccinated animals had neutralising antibodies and spike-specific T-cell responses before challenge; “Pulmonary pathology” reports that none developed pulmonary pathology after challenge, whereas two of three controls developed viral pneumonia. The demonstrated protection is against pneumonia, not necessarily infection. (LLM, conf=0.90)
- Supportedcites [19] Chandrashekar A, Liu J, Martinot AJ, et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection protects against rechallenge in rhesus macaques. Science 2020 May 20 (Epub ahead of print). 32434946 PMC7243369 source
Citation 19 attaches to the rechallenge-after-infection finding, not the vaccine-challenge finding. The Discussion reports that SARS-CoV-2 infection induced humoral and cellular immune responses and protected rhesus macaques against rechallenge. It also cautions that the study could not determine which immune responses were correlates of protection. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Stabilizing coronavirus spike proteins by substituting two prolines at the top of heptad repeat 1 prevents structural rearrangements of the fusion (S2) subunit.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites [25] Kirchdoerfer RN, Cottrell CA, Wang N, et al. Pre-fusion structure of a human coronavirus spike protein. Nature 2016; 531: 118- 121. 26935699 PMC4860016 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Main section describes HR1 rearranging during S2-mediated fusion and suggests that the pre-fusion structure could guide engineering of stabilized spike proteins. It does not report substituting two prolines at the top of HR1 or show that this substitution prevents S2 rearrangements. (LLM, conf=0.83)
- Partly supportedcites [26] Kirchdoerfer RN, Wang N, Pallesen J, et al. Stabilized coronavirus spikes are resistant to conformational changes induced by receptor recognition or proteolysis. Sci Rep 2018; 8: 15701- 15701. 30356097 PMC6200764 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Methods describe two proline substitutions, and the Results report that the stabilized SARS-CoV spike retains its prefusion conformation without large changes in S2 after receptor binding. But the Results also observe a subtle rearrangement in the S2 central helix and say only that the mutations may block further propagation. The claim’s unqualified statement that they prevent S2 rearrangements overstates the evidence; page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Partly supportedcites [27] Pallesen J, Wang N, Corbett KS, et al. Immunogenicity and structures of a rationally designed prefusion MERS-CoV spike antigen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114: E7348- E7357. 28807998 PMC5584442 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (p. 3) describe two proline substitutions near HR1 that retain the prefusion shape of MERS-CoV spike, with similar effects in two other betacoronavirus spikes. The Discussion (p. 5) says proline substitution can disfavor refolding of the HR1–central-helix linker and impair or abolish fusion; it does not establish that the substitutions prevent all structural rearrangements of S2. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“In rhesus macaques given DNA vaccine candidates expressing different forms of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, post-vaccination neutralizing antibody titers were correlated with protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge.17”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Supportedcites [17] Yu J, Tostanoski LH, Peter L, et al. DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques. Science 2020 May 20 (Epub ahead of print). 32434945 PMC7243363 source
The Construction and immunogenicity section describes rhesus macaques vaccinated with candidates expressing different spike forms. The Immune correlates of vaccine-induced protection section reports that post-vaccination neutralizing antibody titers correlated with lower viral loads after SARS-CoV-2 challenge. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“This longitudinal assessment is relevant given that natural history studies suggest that SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infections, particularly mild illnesses, may not generate long-lived antibody responses.20-22”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Supportedcites [20] Choe PG, Perera RAPM, Park WB, et al. MERS-CoV antibody responses 1 year after symptom onset, South Korea, 2015. Emerg Infect Dis 2017; 23: 1079- 1084. 28585916 PMC5512479 source
The Discussion reports that MERS-CoV antibody responses are often undetectable after mild illness, with several nonsevere patients remaining seronegative or having only marginal titers at one year. It also reports waning SARS-CoV antibody titers, including some becoming undetectable by 30 months. Together, these passages support the citing sentence’s hedged claim. (LLM, conf=0.91)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [21] Cao W-C, Liu W, Zhang P-H, Zhang F, Richardus JH. Disappearance of antibodies to SARS-associated coronavirus after recovery. N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 1162- 1163. 17855683 source
- Partly supportedcites [22] Wu L-P, Wang N-C, Chang Y-H, et al. Duration of antibody responses after severe acute respiratory syndrome. Emerg Infect Dis 2007; 13: 1562- 1564. 18258008 PMC2851497 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Study and Conclusions (pages not provided) support the SARS-CoV portion: antibody levels declined substantially by the third year after illness. This paper does not assess MERS-CoV or compare mild with more severe illness, so it does not support those parts of the cited sentence. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“CD8 T-cell responses to S-2P were detected at low levels after the second vaccination in the 100-μg dose group (Fig. S11).”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > SARS-CoV-2 T-Cell Responses
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“After the first vaccination, antibody responses were higher with higher dose (day 29 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay anti–S-2P antibody geometric mean titer [GMT], 40,227 in the 25-μg group, 109,209 in the 100-μg group, and 213,526 in the 250-μg group).”
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“Binding antibody IgG geometric mean titers (GMTs) to S-2P increased rapidly after the first vaccination, with seroconversion in all participants by day 15 (Table 2 and Figure 2A). Dose-dependent responses to the first and second vaccinations were evident.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Abstract > Results
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“Good agreement was noted within and between the values from binding assays for S-2P and receptor-binding domain and neutralizing activity measured by PsVNA and PRNT (Figs. S3 through S7), which provides orthogonal support for each assay in characterizing the humoral response induced by mRNA-1273.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Responses
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“Evaluation of safety clinical laboratory values of grade 2 or higher and unsolicited adverse events revealed no patterns of concern (Supplementary Appendix and Table S3).”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > Vaccine Safety
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“Commensurately high neutralizing antibody responses were also elicited in a dose-dependent fashion.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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“The S glycoprotein mediates host cell attachment and is required for viral entry3; it is the primary vaccine target for many candidate SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.4-7”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Abstract > Conclusions
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- Partly supportedcites [3] Belouzard S, Millet JK, Licitra BN, Whittaker GR. Mechanisms of coronavirus cell entry mediated by the viral spike protein. Viruses 2012; 4: 1011- 1033. 22816037 PMC3397359 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Section 2, “Spike Protein” (page unavailable), says coronavirus spike proteins have an S1 domain responsible for receptor binding and an S2 domain responsible for fusion, supporting the attachment-and-entry mechanism. The paper does not address SARS-CoV-2 specifically, so it does not directly establish the claim for that virus. The vaccine-target statement is attributed to other citations, not this source. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“Those studies showed that solicited systemic adverse events tended to be more frequent and more severe with higher doses and after the second vaccination.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites [11] Feldman RA, Fuhr R, Smolenov I, et al. mRNA vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 influenza viruses of pandemic potential are immunogenic and well tolerated in healthy adults in phase 1 randomized clinical trials. Vaccine 2019; 37: 3326- 3334. 31079849 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The H10N8 Results (§3.2.1; page unavailable) report that fever increased with dose and was more frequent after the second dose in the 100-mg group. The H7N9 Results (§3.2.2; page unavailable) report that 11 of 12 severe solicited events occurred in the highest-dose group, but explicitly state that, except for fever in that group, solicited-event frequency did not increase after the second vaccination. The source therefore supports a dose-related pattern and limited post-second-dose increases, not a general increase in the frequency and severity of systemic events after the second vaccination. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Partly supportedcites [6] Mulligan MJ, Lyke KE, Kitchin N, et al. Phase 1/2 study to describe the safety and immunogenicity of a COVID-19 RNA vaccine candidate (BNT162b1) in adults 18 to 55 years of age: interim report. July 1, 2020 (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.30.20142570v1). preprint. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The results (p. 3) say systemic events increased with dose level and were reported by more participants after the second dose; the Discussion also describes generally higher reactogenicity after dose two. Our copy does not establish that solicited systemic events tended to be more severe with higher doses and after the second vaccination. Participants in the 100 µg group did not receive a second dose. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“The rapid and robust immunogenicity profile of the mRNA-1273 vaccine most likely results from an innovative structure-based vaccine antigen design,23 coupled with a potent lipid-nanoparticle delivery system, and the use of modified nucleotides that avoid early intracellular activation of interferon-associated genes.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites [23] Graham BS, Gilman MSA, McLellan JS. Structure-based vaccine antigen design. Annu Rev Med 2019; 70: 91- 104. 30691364 PMC6936610 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The section on stabilizing class I fusion proteins reports that structure-guided, prefusion-stabilized coronavirus spike antigens improved immune responses in mice. That supports the antigen-design rationale for citation 23, but the paper does not establish that this design caused mRNA-1273’s rapid and robust immunogenicity. The citation is attached to antigen design, not to the sentence’s separate claims about lipid-nanoparticle delivery or modified nucleotides. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Partly supportedcites [24] Pardi N, Hogan MJ, Naradikian MS, et al. Nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccines induce potent T follicular helper and germinal center B cell responses. J Exp Med 2018; 215: 1571- 1588. 29739835 PMC5987916 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction and Discussion report that lipid nanoparticles and modified nucleosides contribute to potent immune responses from the mRNA vaccine platform studied. They do not study mRNA-1273 or attribute its immunogenicity to structure-based antigen design, and they do not establish the claimed avoidance of early interferon-associated gene activation. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“The S glycoprotein mediates host cell attachment and is required for viral entry3; it is the primary vaccine target for many candidate SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.4-7”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Abstract > Conclusions
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [4] Callaway E. The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide. Nature 2020; 580: 576- 577. 32346146 source
- Supportedcites [5] Zhu F-C, Li Y-H, Guan X-H, et al. Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a recombinant adenovirus type-5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine: a dose-escalation, open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human trial. Lancet 2020; 395: 1845- 1854. 32450106 PMC7255193 source
The Discussion (page not specified) says that the full-length spike glycoprotein was chosen for most viral-vectored, mRNA, and DNA COVID-19 vaccines in development. This supports the attributed claim that it was a primary target for many candidate vaccines. (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Partly supportedcites [6] Mulligan MJ, Lyke KE, Kitchin N, et al. Phase 1/2 study to describe the safety and immunogenicity of a COVID-19 RNA vaccine candidate (BNT162b1) in adults 18 to 55 years of age: interim report. July 1, 2020 (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.30.20142570v1). preprint. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Main section describes the spike protein’s receptor-binding domain as a key target of neutralizing antibodies, and the Methods identify it as the antigen encoded by BNT162b1 (page numbers not provided). This supports spike-derived antigen as a target for this candidate, but the paper does not establish that it is the primary target for many SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates. (LLM, conf=0.85)
- Partly supportedcites [7] Smith TRF, Patel A, Ramos S, et al. Immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine candidate for COVID-19. Nat Commun 2020; 11: 2601- 2601. 32433465 PMC7239918 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion says the authors chose SARS-CoV-2 S protein as the antigen target for their vaccine candidate, and the Results describe constructs encoding it. Our copy does not establish that S is the primary target for many SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates, so the broader claim is not fully supported. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“This descriptive safety profile is similar to that described in a report of two trials of avian influenza mRNA vaccines (influenza A/H10N8 and influenza A/H7N9) that were manufactured by Moderna with the use of an earlier lipid nanoparticle capsule formulation11 and is consistent with an interim report of a phase 1–2 evaluation of a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine encoding the S receptor-binding domain.6”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Supportedcites [11] Feldman RA, Fuhr R, Smolenov I, et al. mRNA vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 influenza viruses of pandemic potential are immunogenic and well tolerated in healthy adults in phase 1 randomized clinical trials. Vaccine 2019; 37: 3326- 3334. 31079849 source
The Introduction identifies two phase 1 trials of LNP-formulated H10N8 and H7N9 mRNA vaccines. The Results (sections 3.2.1 and 3.2.2) describe their adverse-event profiles, providing the safety report cited for the comparison. The separate claim about a Covid-19 vaccine is attached to citation 6, not this source. (LLM, conf=0.90)
- Supportedcites [6] Mulligan MJ, Lyke KE, Kitchin N, et al. Phase 1/2 study to describe the safety and immunogenicity of a COVID-19 RNA vaccine candidate (BNT162b1) in adults 18 to 55 years of age: interim report. July 1, 2020 (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.30.20142570v1). preprint. source
The Main section identifies BNT162b1 as an RNA vaccine encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain. The Abstract describes this interim study and its safety findings, while the Discussion reports its tolerability and safety profile. The avian-influenza comparison is attached to a different citation, not this source. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Though correlates of protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection have not yet been determined, measurement of serum neutralizing activity has been shown to be a mechanistic correlate of protection for other respiratory viruses, such as influenza14 and respiratory syncytial virus,15 and is generally accepted as a functional biomarker of the in vivo humoral response.16”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites [14] Verschoor CP, Singh P, Russell ML, et al. Microneutralization assay titres correlate with protection against seasonal influenza H1N1 and H3N2 in children. PLoS One 2015; 10(6): e0131531- e0131531. 26107625 PMC4479562 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [15] Kulkarni PS, Hurwitz JL, Simões EAF, Piedra PA. Establishing correlates of protection for vaccine development: considerations for the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine field. Viral Immunol 2018; 31: 195- 203. 29336703 PMC5863081 source
- Partly supportedcites [16] Okba NMA, Müller MA, Li W, et al. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-specific antibody responses in coronavirus disease patients. Emerging Infect Dis 2020; 26: 1478- 1488. 32267220 PMC7323511 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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“However, interpretation of the significance of those comparisons must account for the variability in Covid-19 convalescent antibody titers according to factors such as patient age, disease severity, and time since disease onset and for the number of samples in the panel.12,13”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites [12] Wang X, Guo X, Xin Q, et al. Neutralizing antibodies responses to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 inpatients and convalescent patients. Clin Infect Dis 2020 June 4 (Epub ahead of print). 32497196 PMC7314147 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (Dynamic Changes in Neutralizing Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2; page unavailable) show that titers varied among patients and changed with time since symptom onset. The Discussion notes a small sample size but says the study could not establish correlations between titer dynamics and clinical characteristics. This source therefore does not establish age or disease severity as factors in titer variability, or specifically assess how the number of samples in a comparison panel affects interpretation. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Partly supportedcites [13] Wu F, Wang A, Liu M, et al. Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in a COVID-19 recovered patient cohort and their implications. April 20, 2020 (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047365v2). preprint. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The age-group results (p. 7) show that neutralizing-antibody titers vary with patient age, and the kinetics results (p. 6) show that titers change after disease onset. The paper reports a cohort of 175 recovered patients (Figure 3, p. 12), but does not say how panel size affects comparisons; it also excluded severe and critical patients (Discussion, p. 9), so it does not establish variation by disease severity. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“These features of the mRNA composition and formulation have been associated with prolonged protein expression, induction of antigen-specific T-follicular helper cells, and activation of germinal center B cells.24”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Supportedcites [24] Pardi N, Hogan MJ, Naradikian MS, et al. Nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccines induce potent T follicular helper and germinal center B cell responses. J Exp Med 2018; 215: 1571- 1588. 29739835 PMC5987916 source
The Introduction states that modified nucleosides are essential for high and sustained protein production from mRNA-LNPs, associated with potent Tfh and B cell responses. The antigen-specific Tfh results and Discussion further document Tfh induction and GC B cell activation. Page numbers are not provided in the supplied passages. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Studies of mRNA-1273 in mice show that the structurally defined spike antigen induces robust neutralizing activity and that the gene-based delivery promotes Th1-biased responses, including CD8 T cells that protect against virus replication in lung and nose without evidence of immunopathology.32”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites [32] Corbett KS, Edwards D, Leist SR, et al. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine development enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness. June 11, 2020 (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.11.145920v1). preprint. PMC7581537 32756549 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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“We found strong correlations between the binding and neutralization assays and between the live virus and pseudovirus neutralization assays.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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“The two-dose vaccine series was generally without serious toxicity; systemic adverse events after the first vaccination, when reported, were all graded mild or moderate.”
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“Systemic adverse events were more common after the second vaccination, particularly with the highest dose, and three participants (21%) in the 250-μg dose group reported one or more severe adverse events.”
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“Solicited systemic adverse events were more common after the second vaccination and occurred in 7 of 13 participants (54%) in the 25-μg group, all 15 in the 100-μg group, and all 14 in the 250-μg group, with 3 of those participants (21%) reporting one or more severe events.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Abstract > Results
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“Dose-dependent responses to the first and second vaccinations were evident.”
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“Local adverse events, when present, were nearly all mild or moderate, and pain at the injection site was common.”
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“After the second vaccination, no participants in the 25-μg group, 6 (40%) in the 100-μg group, and 8 (57%) in the 250-μg group reported fever; one of the events (maximum temperature, 39.6°C) in the 250-μg group was graded severe.”
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“At day 43, wild-type virus–neutralizing activity capable of reducing SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by 80% or more (PRNT80) was detected in all participants, with geometric mean PRNT80 responses of 339.7 (95% CI, 184.0 to 627.1) in the 25-μg group and 654.3 (95% CI, 460.1 to 930.5) in the 100-μg group (Figure 2D).”
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“After the first vaccination, PsVNA responses were detected in less than half the participants, and a dose effect was seen (50% inhibitory dilution [ID50]: Figure 2C, Fig. S8, and Table 2; 80% inhibitory dilution [ID80]: Fig. S2 and Table S6).”
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“Binding antibody IgG geometric mean titers (GMTs) to S-2P increased rapidly after the first vaccination, with seroconversion in all participants by day 15 (Table 2 and Figure 2A).”
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“For both assays, the median magnitude of antibody responses after the first vaccination in the 100-μg and 250-μg dose groups was similar to the median magnitude in convalescent serum specimens, and in all dose groups the median magnitude after the second vaccination was in the upper quartile of values in the convalescent serum specimens.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > SARS-CoV-2 Binding Antibody Responses
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“The lowest responses were in the 25-μg dose group, with a geometric mean ID50 of 112.3 (95% CI, 71.2 to 177.1) at day 43; the higher responses in the 100-μg and 250-μg groups were similar in magnitude (geometric mean ID50, 343.8 [95% CI, 261.2 to 452.7] and 332.2 [95% CI, 266.3 to 414.5], respectively, at day 43).”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Responses
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“No serious adverse events were noted, and no prespecified trial halting rules were met.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > Vaccine Safety
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“Solicited systemic adverse events were more common after the second vaccination and occurred in 7 of 13 participants (54%) in the 25-μg group, all 15 in the 100-μg group, and all 14 in the 250-μg group, with 3 of those participants (21%) reporting one or more severe events.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > Vaccine Safety
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“After the first vaccination, solicited systemic adverse events were reported by 5 participants (33%) in the 25-μg group, 10 (67%) in the 100-μg group, and 8 (53%) in the 250-μg group; all were mild or moderate in severity (Figure 1 and Table S2).”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Results > Vaccine Safety
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“These findings support further development of this vaccine.”
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“These safety and immunogenicity findings support advancement of the mRNA-1273 vaccine to later-stage clinical trials.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Abstract > Conclusions
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“The mRNA-1273 vaccine was immunogenic, inducing robust binding antibody responses to both full-length S-2P and receptor-binding domain in all participants after the first vaccination in a time- and dose-dependent fashion.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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“Thus, presentation of the naturally folded prefusion conformation of the S glycoprotein to the immune system from an mRNA template enables efficient within-host antigen production and promotes both high-quality and high-magnitude antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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“For this report of the interim analysis, results were available only for the 25-μg and 100-μg dose groups.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 T-Cell Responses
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“These events were associated either with macrophage-tropic coronaviruses susceptible to antibody-dependent enhancement of replication or with vaccine antigens that induced antibodies with poor neutralizing activity and Th2-biased responses.31”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [31] Graham BS. Rapid COVID-19 vaccine development. Science 2020; 368: 945- 946. 32385100 source
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“The protocol, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org, permitted interim analyses to inform decisions regarding vaccine strategy and public health; this interim analysis reports findings through day 57.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Trial Design and Participants
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“Adverse events were graded according to a standard toxicity grading scale (Table S1 in the Supplementary Appendix).9”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Trial Procedures
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- Not matchedcites [9] Food and Drug Administration. Toxicity grading scale for healthy adult and adolescent volunteers enrolled in preventive vaccine clinical trials: guidance for industry. September 2007 (https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/toxicity-grading-scale-healthy-adult-and-adolescent-volunteers-enrolled-preventive-vaccine-clinical). 37532612
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“The authors had full access to the data reports, which were prepared from the raw data by the statistical and data coordinating center, and vouch for the completeness and accuracy of the data and for the fidelity of the trial to the protocol.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Trial Design and Participants
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“Because of the time-intensive nature of the PRNT assay, for this report of the interim analysis, results were available only for the day 1 and day 43 time points in the 25-μg and 100-μg dose groups.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Binding Antibody and Neutralizing Responses
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“The trial was conducted under an Investigational New Drug application submitted to the Food and Drug Administration.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Trial Design and Participants
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“Participants were not screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection by serology or polymerase chain reaction before enrollment.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Trial Design and Participants
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“All participants provided written informed consent before enrollment.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Trial Design and Participants
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“The trial was reviewed and approved by the Advarra institutional review board, which functioned as a single board and was overseen by an independent safety monitoring committee.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Methods > Trial Design and Participants
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“Of the three doses evaluated, the 100-μg dose elicits high neutralization responses and Th1-skewed CD4 T cell responses, coupled with a reactogenicity profile that is more favorable than that of the higher dose.”
§ An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report > Discussion
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Correlates of protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection have not yet been determined.
“Though correlates of protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection have not yet been determined, measurement of serum neutralizing activity has been shown to be a mechanistic correlate of protection for other respiratory viruses, such as influenza14 and respiratory syncytial virus,15 and is generally accepted as a functional biomarker of the in vivo humoral response.16”
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The convalescent serum specimens used as a comparator are representative of immune responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
“For comparison of the participants’ immune responses with those induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection, 41 convalescent serum specimens were also tested.”
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“Additionally, the incidence of grade 3 fever of the two spike protein-based mRNA vaccines, mRNA-127319, 20 and BNT162b2,17, 21 also varied between the phase 1 and 3 trials.”
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“BNT162b2 (BioNTech/Pfizer) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna) used a mixture of altered nucleotide 1mΨ modifications and dsRNA fragment eviction in the mRNA manufacturing procedure to significantly lower innate immune signaling in response to mRNA (Walsh et al. 2020; Jackson et al. 2020b).”
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“Both mRNA encodes the same S-2P protein [5,6] which differ from the spike protein in the reference SARS-CoV-2 genome (NC_045512) by two amino acids, i.e., amino acids KV at sites 986 and 987 were replaced by PP to stabilize the resulting spike protein in the prefusion state to train the host immune system to recognize the virus before its entry into the host cell [7,8].”
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“Both mRNA encodes the same S-2P protein [5,6] which differ from the spike protein in the reference SARS-CoV-2 genome (NC_045512) by two amino acids, i.e., amino acids KV at sites 986 and 987 were replaced by PP to stabilize the resulting spike protein in the prefusion state to train the host immune system to recognize the virus before its entry into the host cell [7,8].”
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“The reactogenicity associated with immunization with mRNA-1273 in this trial is similar to that in the phase 1 data reported previously. 1,4”
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“The mRNA-1273 vaccine demonstrated protection in animal-challenge experiments 15 and encouraging safety and immunogenicity in early-stage human testing. 1,4”
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“Meanwhile, several studies17, 18, 19 have reported more frequent and severe solicited systemic adverse events following the second vaccination than we found.”
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“Previous studies17, 18, 19 showed that solicited systemic adverse events were more frequent and more severe at higher doses”
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“This contrasts with recent reports of mRNA-LNP vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic which had similar rates of reactogenicity and in which reactogenicity noticeably increased after a second dose [17], [18].”
From Proof-of-concept of a low-dose unmodified mRNA-based rabies vaccine formulated with lipid nanoparticles in human volunteers: A phase 1 trial (2021) · cites this paper as [18]
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“Indeed, the use of high doses of mRNA formulated with lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) resulted in some side effects in the candidates mRNA-1273 and BNT162b1.3,4”
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“The majority of COVID-19 vaccines are designed to evoke humoral and cellular immune responses against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein — responses that may not prevent infection but robustly protect against severe COVID-19, at least for certain periods of time11,150–157.”
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“the currently licensed vaccines have been shown to produce peak neutralizing antibody responses that range from approximately half to four-times those seen in convalescent patients24,64–67 (preprint data, not yet peer reviewed)68.”
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“In animal models of infections with other coronaviruses and for previous whole-cell inactivated vaccines developed for respiratory syncytial virus and measles virus, VAERD has usually been associated with the development of T helper 2 cell (TH2 cell)-biased CD4+ T cell responses, with significantly increased levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-5 and/or IL-13 (refs12,126,165–174).”
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“and elicit nAbs (48, 49).”
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“This is notable, as these titers were associated with 95% protection from COVID-19 in phase 3 trials (44, 46, 48, 49).”
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“This observation may be noteworthy given the gradual development of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells observed here and the previous observations for humoral responses (Goel et al., 2021; Jackson et al., 2020), which only consistently reach maximal levels after the second vaccine dose.”
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“Multiple candidate vaccines had similar immunogenicity profiles to the COVID-19 RNA vaccines in humans, with equivalent or better neutralizing antibody titers or CD4+ T cell responses”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Jackson, L. A., Anderson, E. J., Rouphael, N. G., Roberts, P. C., Makhene, M., Coler, R. N., McCullough, M. P., Chappell, J. D., Denison, M. R., Stevens, L. J., Pruijssers, A. J., McDermott, A., Flach, B., Doria-Rose, N. A., Corbett, K. S., Morabito, K. M., O’Dell, S., Schmidt, S. D., Swanson, P. A., Padilla, M., Mascola, J. R., Neuzil, K. M., Bennett, H., Sun, W., Peters, E., Makowski, M., Albert, J., Cross, K., Buchanan, W., Pikaart-Tautges, R., Ledgerwood, J. E., Graham, B. S., & Beigel, J. H.
- Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
- From Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (L.A.J.) and the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research (CGIDR), Seattle Children’s Research Institute (R.N.C.) — both in Seattle; the Department of Medicine, Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines (CCIV) of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta (E.J.A., E.P.), and Hope Clinic, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Decatur (N.G.R., M.P.M.) — both in...
- ORCID
- Jackson, Lisa A.
- Anderson, Evan J.
- Rouphael, Nadine G.
- Roberts, Paul C.
- Coler, Rhea N.
- Chappell, James D.
- Denison, Mark R.
- Stevens, Laura J.
- Pruijssers, Andrea J.
- McDermott, Adrian
- Doria-Rose, Nicole A.
- Corbett, Kizzmekia S.
- Morabito, Kaitlyn M.
- O’Dell, Sijy
- Schmidt, Stephen D.
- Swanson, Phillip A.
- Mascola, John R.
- Neuzil, Kathleen M.
- Bennett, Hamilton
- Makowski, Mat
- Cross, Kaitlyn
- Ledgerwood, Julie E.
- Graham, Barney S.
- Beigel, John H.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2020-11-12
- Volume
- 383
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 1920-1931
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- PMC
- PMC7377258
- OpenAlex
- W3043722389
- Semantic Scholar
- 7551d80ae7ea66f37f25aca464c7e7400adddc9c
- Cited by
- 3,237
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 111 · 2025: 172 · 2024: 222 · 2023: 399 · 2022: 712 · 2021: 1230 · 2020: 378
- FWCI
- 82.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (HHSN272201500002C, UM1AI148373, UM1AI148576, UM1AI148684)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR002243)
- Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Keywords
- mRNA-1273, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA vaccines, dose escalation, antibody response, neutralizing antibodies, vaccine safety, adverse events
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Vaccines, 2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273, Adult, Antibodies, Viral, Antibody Formation, Female, Humans, Immunization, Secondary, Male, Pneumonia, Viral, RNA, Messenger, T-Lymphocytes, Viral Vaccines, Coronavirus Infections, Young Adult, Antibodies, Neutralizing, Pandemics, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
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