Potential therapeutic road for targeting the SARS-CoV-2 at throat

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a serious public health problem for 183 out of 197 countries in the world. Understanding the routes and pathogenesis of the coronavirus is important and it is considered that the studies on host cell receptor Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) may be valuable for the treatment and prevention of the disease. AIM: To evaluate the possibility of inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 at throat.