A twisting tale of misinformation: should ivermectin be approved as a treatment for COVID-19 disease?

被引：4

作者：

Shafiee, Arman ^{[1
,2
]}

Teymouri Athar, Mohammad Mobin ^{[3
]}

Mozhgani, Sayed-Hamidreza ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Alborz Univ Med Sci, Clin Res Dev Unit, Karaj, Iran

[2] Alborz Univ Med Sci, Student Res Comm, Sch Med, Karaj, Iran

[3] Shahid Beheshti Univ Med Sci, Sch Med, Tehran, Iran

[4] Alborz Univ Med Sci, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, Karaj, Iran

[5] Alborz Univ Med Sci, Noncommunicable Dis Res Ctr, Karaj, Iran

来源：

FUTURE VIROLOGY | 2023年 / 18卷 / 03期

关键词：

antiviral; COVID-19; evidence-based medicine; ivermectin; misinformation; social media;

D O I：

10.2217/fvl-2023-0006

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

This editorial examines what has caused the evidence around ivermectin to be so controversial, provides a brief analysis of recently published evidence, and highlights why it is important to learn lessons from ivermectin for future re-purposed drugs.

引用

页码：137 / 139

页数：3

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