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Formal writeup here: https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003 https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003 Edit: lots of interesting details. a couple takeaways:
by rsfern 7y ago
Formal writeup here: https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003 https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003
Edit: lots of interesting details. a couple takeaways:
1. “Depending on the antibody amount and composition, the protection conferred by the transferred immunoglobulin can last from weeks to months.”
2. One of the proposed deployments is to protect frontline health care workers from infection (and remove their need to quarantine) until a vaccine can be developed
3. This treatment was apparently used for quite a few other outbreaks, including the 1918 flu epidemic, MERS, and there is a report of it being used against the novel Coronavirus in China
- koheripbal 7y agoIt's really only a solution for healthcare workers due to the amount of work required to harvest and transfer immunoglobulin. I think a far more scalable solution for the general public is the use of existing anti-viral drugs.