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SUBMITTER: Thijssen M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694357 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thijssen Marijn M Devos Timothy T Ejtahed Hanieh-Sadat HS Amini-Bavil-Olyaee Samad S Pourfathollah Ali Akbar AA Pourkarim Mahmoud Reza MR
Microorganisms 20201105 11
In the lack of an effective vaccine and antiviral treatment, convalescent plasma (CP) has been a promising therapeutic approach in past pandemics. Accumulating evidence in the current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic corroborates the safety of CP therapy and preliminary data underline the potential efficacy. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted CP therapy for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients under the emergency use authorizat ...[more]