Botany Department, Industrial Biotechnology Program, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 06(03), 102-109
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.3.0186
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.3.0186
Received on 04 June 2020; revised on 12 June 2020; accepted on 14 June 2020
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak are creating emergency in public health sector. Using antiviral, antimalarial and vaccine are still under investigations, so Convalescent plasma therapy for Covid-19 is a current option because it has been succeeded in other Coronaviruses before. This work will discuss what is the Covid-19? What is the source of Covid-19? Is it transmitted from animal to human? And will discuss the convalescent plasma (CP) as a therapy for Covid-19.
SARS; COVID-19; Convalescent Plasma Therapy; SARS-CoV-2; Neutralizing antibodies; ACE-2 receptor; Coronavirus
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Elmaghraby Karim. The immune system's fight against the Coronavirus; convalescent plasma from Covid-19 survivors may be used to treat patients and protect those at risk. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 06(03), 102-109. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.3.0186
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