Natural history of COVID-19 and therapeutic options

P Gautret, M Million, PA Jarrot… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: COVID-19 presents benign forms in young patients who frequently present with
anosmia. Infants are rarely infected, while severe forms occur in patients over 65 years of …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition and immunity: lessons for COVID-19

PC Calder - Nutrition & Diabetes, 2021 - nature.com
The role of the immune system is to protect the individual against pathogenic organisms.
Nutrition is one of multiple factors that determines the immune response and good nutrition …

[HTML][HTML] The role of nutrition in COVID-19 susceptibility and severity of disease: a systematic review

PT James, Z Ali, AE Armitage, A Bonell, C Cerami… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Many nutrients have powerful immunomodulatory actions with the potential to
alter susceptibility to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, progression to …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc in human health and infectious diseases

M Maywald, L Rink - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the last few decades, the micronutrient zinc has proven to be an important metal ion
for a well-functioning immune system, and thus also for a suitable immune defense …

Zinc and selenium supplementation in COVID-19 prevention and treatment: a systematic review of the experimental studies

E Balboni, F Zagnoli, T Filippini… - Journal of Trace …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and aim The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the world's population
in the last two years. Along with non-pharmacological public health interventions, major …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and meta-analysis on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as monotherapy or combined with azithromycin in COVID-19 treatment

RM Ghazy, A Almaghraby, R Shaaban, A Kamal… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Many recent studies have investigated the role of either Chloroquine (CQ) or
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) alone or in combination with azithromycin (AZM) in the …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition, immunosenescence, and infectious disease: an overview of the scientific evidence on micronutrients and on modulation of the gut microbiota

PC Calder, EF Ortega, SN Meydani, Y Adkins… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The immune system is key to host defense against pathogenic organisms. Aging is
associated with changes in the immune system, with a decline in protective components …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc against COVID-19? Symptom surveillance and deficiency risk groups

MP Joachimiak - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A wide variety of symptoms is associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and these symptoms can overlap with other …

Dietary supplements and nutraceuticals under investigation for COVID-19 prevention and treatment

R Lordan, HM Rando, CS Greene - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused global disruption and a
significant loss of life. Existing treatments that can be repurposed as prophylactic and …

Nutritional risk of vitamin D, vitamin C, zinc, and selenium deficiency on risk and clinical outcomes of COVID-19: A narrative review

LFC Pedrosa, ANAB Barros, L Leite-Lais - Clinical nutrition ESPEN, 2022 - Elsevier
The pathogenicity of the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shows postulates that
optimal status of essential nutrients is crucial in supporting both the early viraemic and later …