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Alastair McGregor

Researcher at North-West University

Publications -  24
Citations -  6502

Alastair McGregor is an academic researcher from North-West University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Vaccine efficacy. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 19 publications receiving 2643 citations. Previous affiliations of Alastair McGregor include Northwick Park Hospital & Northwest University (China).

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Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK.

Merryn Voysey, +81 more
- 09 Jan 2021 - 
TL;DR: ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 has an acceptable safety profile and has been found to be efficacious against symptomatic COVID-19 in this interim analysis of ongoing clinical trials.
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Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials.

Merryn Voysey, +766 more
- 06 Mar 2021 - 
TL;DR: The ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine has been approved for emergency use by the UK regulatory authority, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, with a regimen of two standard doses given with an interval of 4-12 weeks as discussed by the authors.
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Efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 202012/01 (B.1.1.7): an exploratory analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

Katherine R. W. Emary, +69 more
- 10 Apr 2021 - 
TL;DR: A post-hoc analysis of the efficacy of the adenoviral vector vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222), against B.1.7, emerged as the dominant cause of COVID-19 disease in the UK from November, 2020 as discussed by the authors.
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Single Dose Administration, And The Influence Of The Timing Of The Booster Dose On Immunogenicity and Efficacy Of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Vaccine (preprint)

Voysey, Merryn, Costa Clemens, Sue Ann, Madhi, Shabir A., +33 more
TL;DR: A further prespecified pooled analysis of trials of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and exploratory analyses of the impact on immunogenicity and efficacy of extending the interval between priming and booster doses are presented.
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Safety and immunogenicity of seven COVID-19 vaccines as a third dose (booster) following two doses of ChAdOx1 nCov-19 or BNT162b2 in the UK (COV-BOOST): a blinded, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial

Alasdair Munro, +314 more
- 02 Dec 2021 - 
TL;DR: The COV-BOOST trial as mentioned in this paper investigated the reactogenicity and immunogenicity of seven different COVID-19 vaccines as a third dose after two doses of ChAdOx1 nCov-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca; hereafter referred to as ChAd) or BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNtech, hearafter referred to As BNT).