The role of passive immunization in the age of SARS-CoV-2: an update

The rapid spread of the corona virus pandemic is an existential problem for many people in numerous countries. So far, there is no effective vaccine protection or proven therapy available against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this review, we describe the role of passive immunization in times of the coron...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Johannes C., Zänker, Kurt, van Griensven, Martijn, Schneider, Marion, Kindgen-Milles, Detlef, Knoefel, Wolfram Trudo, Lichtenberg, Artur, Tamaskovics, Balint, Djiepmo-Njanang, Freddy Joel, Budach, Wilfried, Corradini, Stefanie, Ganswindt, Ute, Häussinger, Dieter, Feldt, Torsten, Schelzig, Hubert, Bojar, Hans, Peiper, Matthias, Bölke, Edwin, Haussmann, Jan, Matuschek, Christiane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7220618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32404189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-020-00414-5
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Sumario:The rapid spread of the corona virus pandemic is an existential problem for many people in numerous countries. So far, there is no effective vaccine protection or proven therapy available against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this review, we describe the role of passive immunization in times of the corona virus. Passive immunization could be a bridging technology to improve the immune defense of critically ill patients until better approaches with effective medications are available.

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