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Review
. 2020 Sep:508:254-266.
doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.05.044. Epub 2020 May 29.

COVID-19: Transmission, prevention, and potential therapeutic opportunities

Melika Lotfi  1 , Michael R Hamblin  2 , Nima Rezaei  3
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Review

COVID-19: Transmission, prevention, and potential therapeutic opportunities

Melika Lotfi et al. Clin Chim Acta. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), remains a global challenge. Despite intense research efforts worldwide, an effective vaccine and viable treatment options have eluded investigators. Therefore, infection prevention, early viral detection and identification of successful treatment protocols provide the best approach in controlling disease spread. In this review, current therapeutic options, preventive methods and transmission routes of COVID-19 are discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; Prevention; SARS-CoV-2; Transmission; Treatment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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