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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 , ionophore , covid-19 , regimen , medicine , psychological intervention , biology , chemistry , outbreak , calcium , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , organic chemistry , psychiatry
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.