Integrative role of traditional and modern technologies to combat COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Introduction

With the development of various branches of sciences, we will be able to resolve different clinical aspects of various diseases better. The convergence of these sciences can potentially tackle the new corona crisis.

Areas covered

In this review, we attempted to explore and describe various scientific branches studying COVID-19. We have reviewed the literature focusing on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19. The primary databases targeted were Science Direct, Scopus and PubMed. The most relevant reports from the recent two decades were collected utilizing keywords including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, COVID-19, epidemiology, therapeutics and diagnosis.

Expert opinion

Based on this literature review, both traditional and emerging approaches are vital for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. The traditional sciences play an essential role in the preventive and supportive care of corona infection, and modern technologies appear to be useful in the development of precise diagnosis and powerful treatment approaches for this disease. Indeed, the integration of these sciences will help us to fight COVID-19 disease more efficiently.

KEYWORDS:

• Coronavirus
• covid-19
• traditional Approaches
• modern Technologies
• treatment
• prevention
• supportive Care

Acknowledgement

Thanks to guidance and advice from “Clinical Research Development Unit of Baqiyatallah Hospital”, Tehran, Iran.

Article highlights

• The new Coronavirus pandemic has become a major crisis all over the world.

• Several branches of science can resolve numbers of different clinical aspects of this disease.

• To tackle COVID-19, the convergence of various scientific modalities is necessary.

• There is growing evidence that lifestyle modification and traditional medicine can offer preventive and supportive care against corona.

• On the other hand, modern approaches such as biotechnology and bioinformatics can play key roles in the diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus infection.

Declaration of interest

The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

Reviewer disclosures

Peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial or other relationships to disclose.

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Funding

This paper was not funded.