A comparative analysis for anti-viral drugs : Their efficiency against SARS-CoV-2

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Coronavirus, known as the coronavirus pandemic, is continuing its spread across the world, with over 42 million confirmed cases in 189 countries and more than 1.15 million deaths. Although, scientists focus on the finding novel drugs and vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, there is no certain treatment for it. Antiviral drugs such as; oseltamivir, favipiravir, umifenovir, lopinavir, remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, azithromycin, ascorbic acid, corticosteroids, are mostly used for patients. They prevent cytokine storm that is the main reason of deaths related to SARS-CoV-2. In addition, anti-inflammatory agents have critical roles to inhibit the lung injury and multisystem organ dysfunction. The combination with anti-viral drugs with other drugs displays high synergistic effects. In the present study, the drugs used for Covid-19 are analyzed and compare the efficiency for the Covid-19 patients from the different continents including USA, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Turkey, and China. Nowadays, all countries tried to find vaccine and new drug candidates for SARS-CoV-2, but anti-viral drugs may be the best candidates for the treatment of Covid-19 before finding novel anti-Covid drug.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:90

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 90(2021) vom: 15. Jan., Seite 107232

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kivrak, Arif [VerfasserIn]
Ulaş, Berdan [VerfasserIn]
Kivrak, Hilal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-viral
Antiviral Agents
Comparative Study
Covid-19
Drug
Favipiravir
Journal Article
Remdesevir
Review
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 22.01.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107232

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318565781