Ivermectin, antiviral properties and COVID-19: a possible new mechanism of action.

Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol

Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Lecce (ASL Lecce), Lecce, Italy.

Published: July 2020

Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug that has shown also an effective pharmacological activity towards various infective agents, including viruses. This paper proposes an alternative mechanism of action for this drug that makes it capable of having an antiviral action, also against the novel coronavirus, in addition to the processes already reported in literature.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251046PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00210-020-01902-5DOI Listing

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