The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world in an unprecedented way, and this book provides an overview of the historical facts as well as ongoing approaches to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts of the respective domains provide details on anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug strategies, including repurposing drugs used for other indications and the development of novel drugs looking at different approaches to target virus entry and replication. COVID-19 vaccine development based on inactivated and attenuated live virus, protein subunit and peptide-based vaccines and utilization of vaccine candidates based on viral vectors, DNA and RNA are presented for both preclinical studies and clinical trials.

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Explains the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current progress in the development of treatments and prevention of COVID-19 including future aspects of dealing with the pandemic

Serves as a timely repository of knowledge on COVID-19 for researchers and medical professionals engaged in its management

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Dedication
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Chapter 1 Coronavirus Epidemics and the Current COVID-19 Pandemic
Chapter 2 Biology of Coronaviruses and Predicted Origin of SARS-CoV-2
Chapter 3 Therapeutic Challenges in COVID-19
Chapter 4 Prevention and Control Strategies for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Chapter 5 Global Focus and Interdisciplinary Approaches in COVID-19 Research and Their Outcomes
Chapter 6 The Evolution of COVID-19 Diagnostics
Chapter 7 Drug Repurposing and Novel Antiviral Drugs for COVID-19 Management
Chapter 8 Convalescent Plasma and Antibody Therapy in COVID-19
Chapter 9 Application of Stem Cell and Exosome-Based Therapy in COVID-19
Chapter 10 Host and Pathogen-Specific Drug Targets in COVID-19
Chapter 11 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics in Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Drug Development
Chapter 12 Nanomaterials in COVID-19 Drug Development
Chapter 13 Vaccine Development Strategies and the Current Status of COVID-19 Vaccines
Chapter 14 Clinical Trials of COVID-19 Therapeutics and Vaccines History, Current Status, and Limitations
Chapter 15 Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and Their Implementations for Future Pandemics
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