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ArticleTransfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine2021

Emergence of ancient convalescent plasma (CP) therapy: To manage COVID-19 pandemic.

Barsha Dassarma, Satyajit Tripathy, Motlalepula Matsabisa

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Article in Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Barsha DassarmaDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.
Satyajit TripathyDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.
Motlalepula MatsabisaDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. Electronic address: MatsabisaMG@ufs.ac.za.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since December 2019, the human populations of the 195 global countries continue experiencing grave health and life threats due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the novelty of the pathogen, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), at present there is lack of preventive as well as therapeutic options for treating and managing the infection. The use of ancient immunotherapeutic technique - the convalescent plasma (CP) therapy, may act as an immediate and available option to control the COVID-19 pandemic. This review provides a concept and understanding on the CP therapy, its potential to control SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The CP therapy might act as an immediate saviour for society from the virus. Although the CP therapy has exert affirmative result against COVID-19 it has not been recommended for long time use in COVID-19 and this review gives support for its possible application.

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PandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralClinical Trials as TopicConvalescenceCOVID-19COVID-19 SerotherapyDisease ManagementHumansImmunization, PassivePlasmapheresisVirulenceAntibodies, ViralAntibody-dependent enhancement (ADE)Convalescent plasma (CP) therapyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Passive immune therapySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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PMID33285298
PMCPMC7718590

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