Abstract

  To present intravenous iodine infusion (IVI) treatment, which has been used in serious bacterial infections in the past and has been off the agenda with widely used antibiotics. With the antiviral feature of iodine, to report the rationale of the use in patients with coronavirus infected and symptomatic patients. Also, to report the effective use of iodine therapy as an antiviral product that is safe, easy to use, easy to access and extremely cost-effective in the event of a possible excessive patient burden in hospitals.

Keywords: Intravenous Iodine Infusion (IVI); 2019-nCoV Virus

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Citation

Citation: Mohammad Azizur Rahman. “Oral and Intravenous Iodine Treatment - A Hope to Treat 2019-nCoV Virus Infected Patients". Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 4.10 (2020): 11-13.

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Copyright: © 2020 Mohammad Azizur Rahman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.