This Special Issue features articles covering all aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. We aim to provide efficient peer review and publication – on this website and on PubMed Central – to ensure rapid dissemination of information. Please email the Managing Editor with details of your proposed manuscript.
Review
This review aims to present the available in vitro and in vivo data for the role of chloroquine/ hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 and attempts to put them into perspective, especially in relation to the different risks/benefits particular to each patient who may require treatment.
Editorial
This editorial discusses the current COVID-19 outbreak and underlines that hygienic educational programs are fundamental and must be continued and implemented especially for immunosuppressed children.
Editorial
This editorial discusses the impact of COVID-19 on patients with psoriasis receiving biologic agents.
Review
The aim of this review is to explore COVID-19 treatment options and describe the potential benefits or disadvantages of their use in severe cases.
Review
In this narrative review, an overview of Ebola and coronavirus outbreaks is provided as well as a summary of preclinical and clinical studies of remdesivir for Ebola and COVID-19.
Editorial
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the best way to find effective and acceptable safe treatments for COVID-19 and any possible future outbreak. However, caution is needed when comparing the number of participants in RCTs with that of patients with COVID-19 treated with compassionate and/or off-label drugs to support the hypothesis that the latter are preferred by clinicians as an alternative to the former.
Review
This review aims to summarize early findings on
the neurological features of COVID-19 and their treatment
approaches.
Review
The goal of this narrative review is to evaluate current and ongoing clinical trials of vitamins and supplements, alone or in combination with each other or other therapies, for the treatment of COVID-19.
Review
This overview aims to review the current developments in preventive treatments and therapies for COVID-19.