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Convalescent plasma

March 30 , 2020 1488 days 710 0
  • The Food and Drug Administration of the United States has approved the use of Convalescent plasma collected from patients recovered from COVID-19 to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients. 
  • The Convalescent plasma treatment had earlier been studied during the outbreaks of 2003 SARS-CoV-1 epidemic, 2009-10 H1N1 influenza virus and 2012 MERS-CoV epidemic.
  • The treatment is mere collection of plasma from a COVID-19 recovered patient and injects them into a critically ill patient of COVID-19.
  • The main role of plasma is to carry hormones, nutrients and proteins to different parts of the body.

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