COVID-19: therapeutic approaches description and discussion



Título del documento: COVID-19: therapeutic approaches description and discussion
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000436072
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade de Brasilia, Laboratorio de Microbiologia Clinica e Imunologia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil
2Instituto de Gestao Estrategica de Saude do Distrito Federal, Departamento de Enfermagem, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil
3Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. Brasil
4Universidade de Brasilia, Nucleo de Medicina Tropical, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil
Año:
Volumen: 92
Número: 2
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, prospectivo
Resumen en inglés COVID-19 emerged in December 2019 in China, and since then, has disrupted global public health and changed economic paradigms. In dealing with the new Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the world has not faced such extreme global fragility since the “Spanish flu” pandemic in 1918. Researchers globally are dedicating efforts to the search for an effective treatment for COVID-19. Drugs already used in a clinical setting for other pathologies have been tested as a new therapeutic approach against SARS-CoV-2, setting off a frenzy over the preliminary data of different studies. This work aims to compile and discuss the data published thus far. Despite the potential effects of some antivirals and antiparasitic against COVID-19, clinical studies must confirm real effectiveness. However, non-pharmacological approaches have proven to be the most efficient strategy to date
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Neumología,
Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Farmacología,
COVID-19,
SARS-CoV-2,
Antivirales,
Antiparasitarios
Keyword: Pneumology,
Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Pharmacology,
Antiviral agents,
Antiparasitic agents,
COVID-19,
SARS-CoV-2
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