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An Overview on the Therapeutic Strategies for Covid-19

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Healthcare Research and Related Technologies (NERC 2022)

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Tocilizumab changed into an accepted healing choice for extreme instances of SARS-CoV-2 contamination with accelerated IL-6 inside the seventh version of the legitimate guiding principle for remedy in China. A Phase 3 randomized, multicenter trial (NCT04324021) was started to examine the effectiveness of Anakinra in lowering respiratory distress and hyperinfection with patients suffering from SARS-CoV-2 contamination. Recombinant Novel Coronavirus Vaccine's immunogenicity, protection, and reactogenicity were assessed in hale and hearty candidates as part of a phase 1 clinical investigation (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector). A study was being done to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of antigen-specific cytotoxic T cell and LV-SMENP DC vaccinations in hale and hearty volunteers and patients infected with COVID-19. Modifications of LV-SMENP DC dendritic cells by a lentiviral vector articulates a synthetic mini-gene on the basis of the area of certain viral proteins on coupling with antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Cells were altered using a lentiviral vector that produced a synthetic mini-gene based on certain viral protein domains. Along with dexamethasone, glucocorticoids such as prednisone, methylprednisolone, and hydrocortisone are among the systemic corticosteroids used to treat COVID-19. Candidate vaccine molecules included live, inactivated, or attenuated viruses as well as recombinant proteins, peptide-based compounds, and viral vectors that could either replicate or not, virus-like particles, DNA molecules, RNA molecules. In COVID-19 treatment, the medical therapy is based on factors like caloric intake, macronutrients, feeding pathways, and a healthy microbiome. Live attenuated vaccines (LAVs), Non-replicating viral vectors (NRVV), Protein components, Inactivated vaccines (IAcV), RNA-based vaccines, and Replicating viral vectors (RVV), are few vaccine development strategies to manage and treat COVID-19 infection.

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Baruah, N. et al. (2023). An Overview on the Therapeutic Strategies for Covid-19. In: Pandey, L.M., Gupta, R., Thummer, R.P., Kar, R.K. (eds) Healthcare Research and Related Technologies. NERC 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4056-1_13

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