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. 2020 Jun 11;9(6):320.
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9060320.

Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Control of COVID-19

Adelaide Almeida  1 , M Amparo F Faustino  2 , Maria G P M S Neves  2
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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Control of COVID-19

Adelaide Almeida et al. Antibiotics (Basel). .

Abstract

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), using well known, safe and cost-effective photosensitizers, such as phenothiazines, e.g., methylene blue (MB), or porphyrins, e.g., protoporphyrin-IX (PP-IX), might help to mitigate the COVID-19 either to prevent infections or to develop photoactive fabrics (e.g., masks, suits, gloves) to disinfect surfaces, air and wastewater, under artificial light and/or natural sunlight.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; antimicrobial photodynamic therapy; control; coronaviruses; disinfection.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Potential applications of antimicrobial PhotoDynamic Therapy (aPDT) against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in different contexts.
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