A comprehensive review on efficient approaches for combating coronaviruses

Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 Dec:144:112353. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112353. Epub 2021 Oct 22.

Abstract

Almost 80% of people confronting COVID-19 recover from COVID-19 disease without any particular treatments. They experience heterogeneous symptoms; a wide range of respiratory symptoms, cough, dyspnea, fever, and viral pneumonia. However, some others need urgent intervention and special treatment to get rid of this widespread disease. So far, there isn't any unique drug for the potential treatment of COVID 19. However, some available therapeutic drugs used for other diseases seem beneficial for the COVID-19 treatment. On the other hand, there is a robust global concern for developing an efficient COVID-19 vaccine to control the COVID-19 pandemic sustainably. According to the WHO report, since 8 October 2021, 320 vaccines have been in progress. 194 vaccines are in the pre-clinical development stage that 126 of them are in clinical progression. Here, in this paper, we have comprehensively reviewed the most recent and updated information about coronavirus and its mutations, all the potential therapeutic approaches for treating COVID-19, developed diagnostic systems for COVID- 19 and the available COVID-19 vaccines and their mechanism of action.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Diagnosis; Treatment; Vaccine.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control*
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment*
  • COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / methods
  • COVID-19 Vaccines / therapeutic use*
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods
  • Mutation
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods
  • Point-of-Care Testing
  • SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
  • World Health Organization

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Dexamethasone

Supplementary concepts

  • LAMP assay