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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021

High Efficacy of Therapeutic Equine Hyperimmune Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern.

Andres Moreira-Soto, Mauricio Arguedas, Hebleen Brenes, Willem Buján, Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar, Cecilia Díaz, Ann Echeverri, Marietta Flores-Díaz, Aarón Gómez, Andrés Hernández and 21 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Andres Moreira-SotoInstitute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Mauricio ArguedasInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Hebleen BrenesInstituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud, Ministry of Health, Tres Ríos, Costa Rica.
Willem BujánSchool of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Eugenia Corrales-AguilarCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET), Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Cecilia DíazInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Ann EcheverriCaja Costarricense del Seguro Social, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Marietta Flores-DíazInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Aarón GómezInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Andrés HernándezInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
María HerreraInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Guillermo LeónInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Román MacayaCaja Costarricense del Seguro Social, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Arne KühneInstitute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
José Arturo Molina-MoraCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET), Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Javier MoraCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET), Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Alfredo SanabriaCaja Costarricense del Seguro Social, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Andrés SánchezInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Laura SánchezInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Álvaro SeguraInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Eduardo SeguraInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Daniela SolanoInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Claudio SotoInstituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud, Ministry of Health, Tres Ríos, Costa Rica.
Jennifer L StynoskiInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Mariángela VargasInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Mauren VillaltaInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Chantal B E M ReuskenCentre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
Christian DrostenInstitute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
José María GutiérrezInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Alberto Alape-GirónInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Jan Felix DrexlerInstitute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Universidad de Costa Rica · CRCosta Rican Department of Social Security · CRCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEInstituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud · CRHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DENational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern show reduced neutralization by vaccine-induced and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies; therefore, treatment alternatives are needed. We tested therapeutic equine polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) that are being assessed in clinical trials in Costa Rica against five globally circulating variants of concern: alpha, beta, epsilon, gamma and delta, using plaque reduction neutralization assays. We show that equine pAbs efficiently neutralize the variants of concern, with inhibitory concentrations in the range of 0.146-1.078 μg/mL, which correspond to extremely low concentrations when compared to pAbs doses used in clinical trials. Equine pAbs are an effective, broad coverage, low-cost and a scalable COVID-19 treatment.

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COVID-19equine antibodiesneutralization testPRNT titers 50SARS-CoV-2therapyvariant of concern

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PMID34552949
PMCPMC8451950
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