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Editor, Senior Moderator
Antibiotics (Basel)
. 2020 Jun 11;9(6):E320.
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9060320.
Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Control of COVID-19
Adelaide Almeida[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M Amparo F Faustino[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria G P M S Neves[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), using well known, safe and cost-effective photosensitizers, such as phenothiazines, e.g., methylene blue (MB), or porphyrins, e.g., protoporphyrin-IX (PP-IX), might help to mitigate the COVID-19 either to prevent infections or to develop photoactive fabrics (e.g., masks, suits, gloves) to disinfect surfaces, air and wastewater, under artificial light and/or natural sunlight.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; antimicrobial photodynamic therapy; control; coronaviruses; disinfection.
. 2020 Jun 11;9(6):E320.
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9060320.
Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Control of COVID-19
Adelaide Almeida[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M Amparo F Faustino[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria G P M S Neves[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32545171
- DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9060320
Abstract
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), using well known, safe and cost-effective photosensitizers, such as phenothiazines, e.g., methylene blue (MB), or porphyrins, e.g., protoporphyrin-IX (PP-IX), might help to mitigate the COVID-19 either to prevent infections or to develop photoactive fabrics (e.g., masks, suits, gloves) to disinfect surfaces, air and wastewater, under artificial light and/or natural sunlight.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; antimicrobial photodynamic therapy; control; coronaviruses; disinfection.