Maya Margaritova Zaharieva, Pelagia Foka, Eirini Karamichali, Alexander Dimitrov Kroumov, Stanislav Philipov, Yana Ilieva, Tanya Chan Kim, Petar Podlesniy, Yordan Manasiev, Vesselin Kussovski, Urania Georgopoulou, Hristo Miladinov Najdenski
Coronaviruses (CoVs) belong to the group of enveloped positive-sense single-strand RNA viruses and are causative agents of respiratory, gastro-intestinal, and central nervous systems diseases in many host species, i.e., birds, mammals, and humans. Beta-CoVs revealed a great potential to cross the barrier between species by causing three epidemics/pandemics among humans in the 21st century. Considering the urgent need for powerful antiviral agents for decontamination, prevention, and treatment of BCoV infections, we turned our attention to the possibility of photodynamic inactivation with photosensitizers in combination with light irradiation...
December 27, 2023: Viruses