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Potential interventions for SARS‐CoV‐2 infections: Zinc showing promise
Author(s) -
Brewer Joseph,
Gomez Marti Juan Luis,
Brufsky Adam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.26523
Subject(s) - zinc , virology , covid-19 , ionophore , regimen , medicine , biology , chemistry , outbreak , calcium , disease , organic chemistry , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Highlights Zinc (Zn) inhibits SARS‐CoV‐2 in vitro by several different mechanism. Zn deficiency may increase the risk for severity of COVID‐19 infection. The addition of Zn, particularly with a Zn ionophore, shows substantial promise as a treatment regimen.
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