TY - JOUR
T1 - Battling COVID-19
T2 - Using old weapons for a new enemy
AU - Kumar, Rohit
AU - Gupta, Nitin
AU - Kodan, Parul
AU - Mittal, Ankit
AU - Soneja, Manish
AU - Wig, Naveet
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s).
PY - 2020/5/20
Y1 - 2020/5/20
N2 - Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has reached pandemic proportions. Most of the drugs that are being tried for the treatment have not been evaluated in any randomized controlled trials. The purpose of this review was to summarize the in-vitro and in-vivo efficacy of these drugs on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) and related viruses (SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and evaluate their potential for re-purposing them in the management of COVID-19.
AB - Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has reached pandemic proportions. Most of the drugs that are being tried for the treatment have not been evaluated in any randomized controlled trials. The purpose of this review was to summarize the in-vitro and in-vivo efficacy of these drugs on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) and related viruses (SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and evaluate their potential for re-purposing them in the management of COVID-19.
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U2 - 10.1186/s40794-020-00107-1
DO - 10.1186/s40794-020-00107-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85087900111
SN - 2055-0936
VL - 6
JO - Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
JF - Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
IS - 1
M1 - 6
ER -
