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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2025

Advancements in the development of antivirals against SARS-Coronavirus.

Mrityunjay Kumar, Mirza Sarwar Baig, Kanchan Bhardwaj

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Mrityunjay KumarDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, India.
Mirza Sarwar BaigCentre for Virology, School of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
Kanchan BhardwajDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused an outbreak in 2002-2003, spreading to 29 countries with a mortality rate of about 10%. Strict quarantine and infection control methods quickly stopped the spread of the disease. Later research showed that SARS-CoV came from animals (zoonosis) and stressed the possibility of a similar spread from host to human, which was clearly shown by the COVID-19 outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic, instigated by SARS-CoV-2, has affected 776 million confirmed cases and more than seven million deaths globally as of Sept 15, 2024. The existence of animal reservoirs of coronaviruses continues to pose a risk of re-emergence with improved fitness and virulence. Given the high death rate (up to 70 percent) and the high rate of severe sickness (up to 68.7 percent in long-COVID patients), it is even more critical to identify new therapies as soon as possible. This study combines research on antivirals that target SARS coronaviruses that have been conducted over the course of more than twenty years. It is a beneficial resource that might be useful in directing future studies.

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Antiviral AgentsSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusAnimalsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug DevelopmentHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsantiviralsbetacoronavirusCOVID-19long COVIDSARS coronavirus

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