Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19
<p>After global health catastrophe due to Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a deep impact on the way we perceive our world and our everyday lives has been imprinted. Till now, no specific antiviral drug has been proven effective for curing patients. Ivermectin, the broad-spectrum macrocycli...
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| description | <p>After global health catastrophe due to Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a deep impact on the way we perceive our world and our everyday lives has been imprinted. Till now, no specific antiviral drug has been proven effective for curing patients. Ivermectin, the broad-spectrum macrocyclic lactone has proven to exert antiviral activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), dengue virus and now capability to reduce viral RNA up to 5,000-fold after 48 h of infection with SARS-CoV-2.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f62804c56ea34023aa511c1e5a0c417c2023-11-13T14:27:44ZengDiscover STM Publishing LtdBioMedica2710-34712020-06-01362S313210.51441/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-378Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19Maryam Rashid0Mariyam Iftikhar Piracha1Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore– Pakistan.Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore – Pakistan.<p>After global health catastrophe due to Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a deep impact on the way we perceive our world and our everyday lives has been imprinted. Till now, no specific antiviral drug has been proven effective for curing patients. Ivermectin, the broad-spectrum macrocyclic lactone has proven to exert antiviral activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), dengue virus and now capability to reduce viral RNA up to 5,000-fold after 48 h of infection with SARS-CoV-2.</p>https://biomedicapk.com/10.51441/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-378 |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Rashid Mariyam Iftikhar Piracha Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19 BioMedica |
| title | Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19 |
| title_full | Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19 |
| title_short | Ivermectin: An Anti-Parasitic Drug that has Potential for Repurposing for COVID-19 |
| title_sort | ivermectin an anti parasitic drug that has potential for repurposing for covid 19 |
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