Welcome to this month’s Research Roundup, a recurring overview of recent studies published by researchers at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and the University of British Columbia, and their collaborators.
With more than 140 SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in development, the race is on for a successful candidate to help prevent COVID-19. But according to a new paper published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) there are challenges in evaluating the efficacy of these vaccines during the pandemic.
Dr. Soren Gantt, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and director of clinical research at BC Children’s Hospital and associate professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of British Columbia, talks about the prevalence of cCMV, how it’s detected and what can be done to avoid transmission.
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