Emerging Prevention and Treatment Strategies to Control COVID-19. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has now become a serious global threat after inflicting more than 8 million infections and 425,000 deaths in less than 6 months. Currently, no definitive treatment or prevention therapy exists for COVID-19. The unprecedented rise of this pandemic has rapidly fueled research efforts to discover and develop new vaccines and treatment strategies against this novel coronavirus. While hundreds of vaccines/therapeutics are still in the preclinical or early stage of clinical development, a few of them have shown promising results in controlling the infection. Here, in this review, we discuss the promising vaccines and treatment options for COVID-19, their challenges, and potential alternative strategies.

publication date

  • June 23, 2020

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7350294

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85087053661

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3390/pathogens9060501

PubMed ID

  • 32585805

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 9

issue

  • 6