Nasal therapy—The missing link in optimising strategies to improve prevention and treatment of COVID-19

Norman A. Ratcliffe; Helena C. Castro; Izabel C. Paixão; Victor G. O. Evangelho; Patricia Azambuja; Cicero B. Mello

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010079

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Nasal therapy—The missing link in optimising strategies to improve prevention and treatment of COVID-19

Norman A. Ratcliffe ,

* E-mail: n.a.ratcliffe@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliations Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-0636

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Helena C. Castro,

Affiliation Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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Izabel C. Paixão,

Affiliations Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil, Laboratório de Virologia Molecular e Biotecnologia Marinha, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-2567

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Victor G. O. Evangelho,

Affiliation Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0560-0115

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Patricia Azambuja,

Affiliations Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil, Laboratório de Bioquimica e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1405-8743

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Cicero B. Mello

Affiliations Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil, Laboratório de Bioquimica e Biotecnologia, IB, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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Nasal therapy—The missing link in optimising strategies to improve prevention and treatment of COVID-19

Norman A. Ratcliffe,
Helena C. Castro,
Izabel C. Paixão,
Victor G. O. Evangelho,
Patricia Azambuja,
Cicero B. Mello

Published: November 24, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010079

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