Book contents
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Series page
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Series Editor
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Is the Coronavirus Spreading?
- 3 What Is a Coronavirus?
- 4 How Is the Coronavirus Changing?
- 5 How Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Start and Evolve?
- 6 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to the SARS Outbreak in 2003?
- 7 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza?
- 8 Are There Therapeutic Options?
- Conclusions
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Updates at Press
- Suggested Further Reading
- Figure and Quotation Credits
- Index
8 - Are There Therapeutic Options?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2020
Book contents
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Series page
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Series Editor
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Is the Coronavirus Spreading?
- 3 What Is a Coronavirus?
- 4 How Is the Coronavirus Changing?
- 5 How Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Start and Evolve?
- 6 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to the SARS Outbreak in 2003?
- 7 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza?
- 8 Are There Therapeutic Options?
- Conclusions
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Updates at Press
- Suggested Further Reading
- Figure and Quotation Credits
- Index
Summary
At the time of writing there are no vaccines or specific antiviral therapies for the SARS-CoV-2 virus with significant reductions in mortality. Lessons learned from the SARS outbreak have definitely helped us to understand many aspects of this emerging virus and the associated pathologies. But no effective therapies have been developed for SARS that could be leveraged for the COVID-19 outbreaks.
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- Understanding Coronavirus , pp. 85 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020