Iodine, a preventive and curative agent in the COVID-19 pandemic?

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov:144:109860. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109860. Epub 2020 May 23.

Authors

R H Verheesen¹, R A M Traksel²

Affiliations

¹ Regionaal Reuma Centrum Z.O. Brabant Máxima Medisch Centrum, Ds. Th. Fliednerstraat 1, 5631 BM Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Electronic address: mail@verheesen.eu.
² Regionaal Reuma Centrum Z.O. Brabant Máxima Medisch Centrum, Ds. Th. Fliednerstraat 1, 5631 BM Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / therapy*
COVID-19 Testing
Dietary Supplements
Humans
Immunity, Innate
Iodine / deficiency
Iodine / therapeutic use*
Japan / epidemiology
Models, Theoretical
Pandemics
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / drug therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Iodine