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Biotechnology to Combat COVID-19

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Biotechnology to Combat COVID-19
Biotechnology to Combat COVID-19 Edited by Megha Agrawal and Shyamasri Biswas

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Megha Agrawal
Megha Agrawal

Biotechnology Kiosk

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Shyamasri Biswas
Shyamasri Biswas

Biotechnology Kiosk

Published23 February 2022

Doi10.5772/intechopen.93713

ISBN978-1-83968-627-6

Print ISBN978-1-83968-626-9

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83968-628-3

Copyright year2022

Number of pages644

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Healing Strategies of COVID-19

By Basanta Bhowmik

607
2. Control of an Epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 by Assessing Transmissibility of Its Infected Cases in Absence of a Suitable Vaccine

By Bidisa Sarkar and Kamalesh Sarkar

539
3. Whole Genome Sequencing: A Powerful Tool for Understanding the Diversity of Genotypes and Phenotypes among COVID-19 Infected Patients to Help in Controlling Outbreaks

By Rayan A. Ahmed

454
4. Glycan and Its Role in Combating COVID-19

By Swapan Kumar Chatterjee and Snigdha Saha

526
5. Epigenetic Regulation Mechanisms in Viral Infections: A Special Focus on COVID-19

By Burcu Biterge Süt

468
6. Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Extracellular Vesicles: An Emerging Alternative to Combat COVID-19

By Hugo C. Rodriguez, Manu Gupta, Emilio Cavazos-Escobar, Enrique Montalvo, Saadiq F. El-Amin III and Ashim Gupta

473
7. Application of Ex-Vivo/3D Organoid Models in COVID-19 Research

By Allen Thayakumar Basanthakumar

389
8. In Vitro Diagnostics for COVID-19: State-of-the-Art, Future Directions and Role in Pandemic Response

By Sandeep Kumar Vashist, Subramanian Murugan and Guiffo Djoko

491
9. Molecular Biology of PCR Testing for COVID-19 Diagnostics

By Vinita Chittoor-Vinod

719
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10. The Utility of Mechanical Homogenization in COVID-19 Diagnostic Workflows

By Zachary P. Morehouse, Rodney J. Nash, Caleb Proctor and Gabriella Ryan

469
11. Development of RT-PCR Based Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

By Rutuja Sunil Patankar and Vasudeo Pandharinath Zambare

707
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12. Current Status of COVID-19 Diagnostics

By Surabhi Dixit and Monal Sharma

436
13. COVID-19 and Cancer: Biological Interconnection and Treatment

By Nidhi Jyotsana

424
14. Crosstalk between SARS-CoV-2 and Testicular Hemostasis: Perspective View

By R.G. Ahmed

355
1
15. COVID-19: A Catalyst for Novel Psychiatric Paradigms - Part 1

By Adonis Sfera, Carolina Osorio, Jose E. Campo Maldonado, Afzaal Jafri, Aaron D. Chokka, Carlos Manuel Zapata Martín del Campo and Zisis Kozlakidis

457
16. Frequency of Hyperglycemia in Patients with Covid-19 Infection and Pneumonia

By Valeriy Ivanovich Vechorko, Evgeny Mikhailovich Evsikov, Oksana Alekseevna Baykova, Natalya Vadimovna Teplova and Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Doroshenko

508
17. Refocusing Functional Anatomy and Immunology of the Respiratory Mucosa in the Advent of Covid-19

By Humphrey Simukoko

783
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18. Cellular Therapy as Promising Choice of Treatment for COVID-19

By Duygu Koyuncu Irmak and Erdal Karaoz

466
19. Repurposed Therapeutic Strategies towards COVID-19 Potential Targets Based on Genomics and Protein Structure Remodeling

By Ashok K. Singh, Aakansha Singh and Ankit Kumar Dubey

605
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20. Role of Anti-Viral Drugs in Combating SARS-CoV-2

By Sweta Kamboj, Rohit Kamboj, Shikha Kamboj, Rohit Dutt, Reeva Chabbra and Priyanka Kriplani

397
21. Convalescent Plasma: An Evidence-Based Old Therapy to Treat Novel Coronavirus Patients

By Saurabh Kumar, Chandra Devi, Subhabrata Sarkar, Vivek Kumar Garg, Priyanka Choudhary, Madhu Chopra, Vinit Sharma and Ravi Prakash

481
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22. Potential Therapeutics Pathways in Solving the Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Tafirenyika Mafugu

466
23. Different Therapeutic Strategies to Tackle the Infection Associated with COVID-19

By Meemansha Sharma, Thakur Uttam Singh, Madhu Cholenahalli Lingaraju and Subhashree Parida

439
24. COVID-19 Researches: Where India Stands So Far?

By Nikhil Srivastava and Gyaneshwer Chaubey

448
25. Sensor Surface Design with NanoMaterials: A New Platform in the Diagnosis of COVID-19

By Eliete A. Alvin, Anna V.B. e Borges, Rhéltheer de P. Martins, Marcela R. Lemes, Rafaela M. Barbosa, Carlo J.F. de Oliveira, Diógenes Meneses, Bruno G. Lucca, Noelio O. Dantas, Virmondes R. Junior, Renata P.A. Balvedi, Fabiane C. de Abreu, Marcos V. da Silva and Anielle C.A. Silva

548
26. Role of Graphene and Graphene Derived Materials to Fight with COVID-19

By Vamsi Krishna Kudapa, Ajay Mittal, Ishita Agrawal, Tejendra K. Gupta and Rajeev Gupta

747
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27. Propagation Analysis of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Light of the Percolation Theory

By Moez Guettari and Ahmed El Aferni

372
28. The Link between Electrical Properties of COVID-19 and Electromagnetic Radiation

By Awaad K. Al Sarkhi

891
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29. The Economic, Climate Change and Public Health Edges of the Geopolitics of COVID-19: An Exploratory Bibliometric Analysis

By Jean Pierre Doussoulin and Benoît Mougenot

612
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30. Consequence of Meteorological Parameters on the Transmission of Covid-19

By Manish Sharma, Pargin Bangotra and Alok Sagar Gautam

329
31. COVID-19 Lockdown and the Aerosphere in India: Lessons Learned on How to Reduce Air Pollution

By Subhasmita Panda, Priyadatta Satpathy, Trutpi Das and Boopathy Ramasamy

383
32. A Qualitative Study of Pre-Vaccine Decrease of Mortality from COVID-19

By Vugar Mammadov and Lala Jafarova

423
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