Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
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Department of Medicine, Dermatology and Venerology Unit, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

Biography

Perpetua U Ibekwe works at Department of Medicine, Dermatology and Venerology Unit, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria. His area of research interests includes Infectious diseases, virology. He /she has authored of many research articles/books in relevant areas.

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Role of Antiviral Drugs in the Case-Management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza and COVID-19
  Author(s): Titus S Ibekwe*, Vivian Kwaghe, Habib Zayad Garba and Perpetua U Ibekwe
  
  Background: The Respiratory Syncytial, Influenza and the SARS-CoV-2 viruses have a lot in common and are intertwined as leading causes of respiratory infections (flu) and flu-like infections in humans. The morbidity, mortality and disease burden posed by these diseases across the globe is humongous. The epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentations and sequalae of these respiratory illnesses are also very similar and could be safely described as a spectrum of a disease process ‘syncytial respiratory disease’. There is justification in simultaneously studying, investigating and researching on these diseases given their close similarities and thin differences. Methods: This is a review of the literature on Case-Management for RSV, Influenza, COVID-19 and the role of Antiviral drugs. A comprehensive search of MEDLINE (from J.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/1948-5964.13.s16.002

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