COVID-19: The Question of Genetic Diversity and Therapeutic Intervention Approaches

January 2021 in “ Genetics and Molecular Biology ”

David Livingstone Alves Figueiredo, João Paulo Bianchi Ximenez, Fábio Rodrigues Ferreira Seiva, Carolina Panis, Rafael dos Santos Bezerra, Adriano Ferrasa, Alessandra Lourenço Cecchini, Alexandra Ivo de Medeiros, Ana Marisa Fusco‐Almeida, Anelisa Ramão, Angelica Beate Winter Boldt, Carla Fredrichsen Moya, Chung Man Chin, Daniel de Paula, Daniel Rech, Daniela Fiori Gradia, Danielle Malheiros, Danielle Venturini, Eliandro Reis Tavares, Emerson Carraro, Enilze Maria de Souza Fonseca Ribeiro, Evani Marques Pereira, Felipe Francisco Tuon, Franciele Aní Caovilla Follador, Glaura Scantamburlo Alves Fernandes, Hélito Volpato, Ilce Mara de Syllos Cólus, Jaqueline Carvalho de Oliveira, Jean Henrique da Silva Rodrigues, Jean Leandro dos Santos, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer, Juliana Cristina Brandi, Juliana Mara Serpeloni, Juliana Sartori Bonini, Karen Brajão de Oliveira, Karine Fiorentin, Léia Carolina Lúcio, Lígia Carla Faccin‐Galhardi, Lirane Elize Defante Ferreto, Lucy Megumi Yamauchi, Márcia Edilaine Lopes Consolaro, Marcelo Ricardo Vicari, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Marcos Pileggi, Maria Angélica Ehara Watanabe, Maria Antônia Ramos Costa, Maria José Soares Mendes‐Giannini, Marla Karine Amarante, Najeh Maissar Khalil, Quirino Alves de Lima Neto, Roberto H. Herai, Roberta Losi Guembarovski, Rogério N. Shinsato, Rubiana Mara Mainardes, Silvana Giuliatti, Sueli Fumie Yamada‐Ogatta, Viviane Knuppel de Quadros Gerber, Wander Rogério Pavanelli, Weber Cláudio Francisco Nunes da Silva, Maria Luiza Petzl‐Erler, Valéria Valente, Christiane Pienna Soares, Luciane R. Cavalli, Wilson A. Silva

Studysummary This review discusses various strategies proposed to control COVID-19 and highlights challenges related to human and viral genetic variability but reports no new findings.

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