380 10 20655 https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/d94806eccf52e2131c826b017df1ffbb.pdf 26d3311df169aff226138e8088da152b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Proposed algorithm during COVID-19 pandemic for patient management in medical retina clinic Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Paolo Corazza, Francesco Maria D’Alterio, Saad Younis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.1186/s40942-020-00226-z Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Retina and Vitreous Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available BMC Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ophthalmology https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/34e1a7275153cb54d732b5e5a5ecf144.pdf 54d690200e2e899931da0ac9dd0446dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ultraviolet irradiation doses for coronavirus inactivation – review and analysis of coronavirus photoinactivation studies Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hessling Martin, Vatter, Petra, Hönes, Katharina, Lingenfelder, Christian Description An account of the resource Background: To slow the increasing global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, appropriate disinfection techniques are required. Ultraviolet radiation (UV) has a well-known antiviral effect, but measurements on the radiation dose necessary to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 have not been published so far.Methods: Coronavirus inactivation experiments with ultraviolet light performed in the past were evaluated to determine the UV radiation dose required for a 90% virus reduction. This analysis is based on the fact that all coronaviruses have a similar structure and similar RNA strand length.Results: The available data reveals large variations, which are apparently not caused by the coronaviruses but by the experimental conditions selected. If these are excluded as far as possible, it appears that coronaviruses are very UV sensitive. The upper limit determined for the log-reduction dose (90% reduction) is approximately 10.6 mJ/cm (median), while the true value is probably only 3.7 mJ/cm (median).Conclusion: Since coronaviruses do not differ structurally to any great exent, the SARS-CoV-2 virus – as well as possible future mutations – will very likely be highly UV sensitive, so that common UV disinfection procedures will inactivate the new SARS-CoV-2 virus without any further modification. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource disinfection, irradiation, coronavirus, ultra-violet, inactivation, MERS-CoV, UVC, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3205/dgkh000343 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived GMS Hygiene and Infection Control Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available German Medical Science GMS Publishing House Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Public aspects of medicine, Medicine, Microbiology https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/f29de97def14c6f6af74656618e67a8d.pdf 19d384448c94ab4860fe46c7acff36ff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Children and adolescents in the CoVid-19 pandemic: Schools and daycare centers are to be opened again without restrictions. The protection of teachers, educators, carers and parents and the general hygiene rules do not conflict with this Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Heininger Ulrich, Simon, Arne, Popp, Walter, Exner, Martin, Herr, Caroline, Walger, Peter, Fischbach Thomas, Hübner Johannes, Knuf, Markus, Trapp, Stefan, German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH), German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI), German Academy for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (DAKJ), Society of Hygiene, Environmental and Public Health Sciences (GHUP), Professional Association of Pediatricians in Germany (bvkj e.V.) Description An account of the resource In the opinion of the medical societies of hygiene and pediatrics undersigning the present statement, the analyses published to date regarding transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the course of CoVid-19 show that children play a much less significant role in the spread of the virus than do adults.According to the findings available to date, not only do children and adolescents less frequently fall ill with CoVid-19, they also generally become less severely ill than do adults. The vast majority of infections in children and adolescents are asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic. Even the first analyses from China demonstrated that children and adolescents play a subordinate role in the transmission of the virus – not only to other children and adolescents, but also to adults.Taking into account regional infection rates and available resources, daycare centers, kindergartens and elementary schools promptly should be reopened. For children, this should be possible without excessive restrictions, such as clustering into very small groups, implementation of barrier precautions, maintaining appropriate distance from others or wearing masks. A factor more decisive than individual group size is the issue of sustaining the constancy of respective group members and the avoidance of intermixing. Children can be taught basic rules of hygiene such as handwashing and careful hygiene behavior when coming into contact with others during mealtimes and/or when using sanitary facilities. Independent of the prevention measures implemented for children and adolescents, the protection of teachers, educators and caregivers is crucial, (e.g., the maintenance of appropriate distance from others, use of medical masks, situation-dependent hand disinfection, when necessary, supported by regular pool testing). Children over the age of 10 and adolescents up to school graduation age are more capable of actively understanding and conforming to specific hygiene rules. For this group, maintaining appropriate distance from others (1.5 meters), wearing a mouth-and-nose protection (whenever they are not sitting in their assigned classroom seats) and consistent education regarding the basic rules of infection prevention may provide increased options for normalizing teaching activities. Children and adolescents suspected of infection with SARS-CoV-2 should be tested immediately in order to either confirm or rule out such an infection. Evidence of individual infections in children or students must not automatically lead to the closure of the entire daycare center or school. A detailed analysis of the chain of infection is a prerequisite for a balanced approach to infection control. The opening of schools and children’s facilities should be accompanied by specifically structured, model surveillance studies that further clarify outstanding questions about infectious disease events and hygiene control. These prospective, concomitant examinations will be essential for the purpose of evaluating and verifying the effectiveness of the required hygiene measures. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Children, school, Adolescents, kinder - garten, SARS-CoV-2 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3205/dgkh000346 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived GMS Hygiene and Infection Control Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available German Medical Science GMS Publishing House Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Public aspects of medicine, Medicine, Microbiology https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/d4aca280e0dc8fe05165df30c84390db.pdf 96a142c85703a8f62b122641e9468e22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Impact of enhanced personal protective equipment on colonoscopy performance during the COVID-19 pandemic Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tiing Leong Ang, Kwong Ming Fock, Yu Jun Wong, Eng Kiong Teo, James Weiquan Li, Malcolm Teck Kiang Tan, Andrew Boon Eu Kwek, Shu Wen Tay, Kevin Kim Jun Teh, Kaina Chen, Samantha Jingyun Koh Description An account of the resource Background and study aims Using personal protective equipment (PPE) can reduce risk of disease transmission. During the COVID-19 pandemic, enhanced PPE (EPPE) is recommended when performing endoscopy. We aimed to evaluate the impact of EPPE on colonoscopy performance when compared to standard PPE (SPPE). Patients and methods A review of electronic medical records and endoscopy reports of consecutive patients who underwent colonoscopy during two similar one-month time periods (in 2019 and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020) was performed. SPPE was used in 2019 and EPPE was used in 2020. Patient clinical data and procedure-related information were captured and analyzed. The primary outcomes were time to cecum (TTC) and total procedure time. Secondary outcomes were adenoma detection rate (ADR), polyp detection rate (PDR) and cecal intubation rate (CIR). Statistical analysis was performed using STATA v16.1. Results Two hundred and forty-seven colonoscopy procedures were analyzed. Baseline demographics and indications for colonoscopy of patients in both groups were similar. There were no significant differences in median TTC (10.0 vs 10.0 min, P = 0.524) or total procedure time (22.5 vs 23.0 min, P = 0.946) between colonoscopy performed in SPPE and EPPE. The ADR, PDR and CIR were also similar. Conclusion Our findings suggest that use of EPPE does not affect colonoscopy performance. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.1055/a-1167-1703 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Endoscopy International Open Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Georg Thieme Verlag Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/71581a812735cb1605b691244a80c184.pdf 2644d0a33745919e9deda207cc357ef0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Neutrophils, Crucial, or Harmful Immune Cells Involved in Coronavirus Infection: A Bioinformatics Study Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Behzad Baradaran, Nicola Silvestris, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, Simona De Summa, Nima Hemmat, Afshin Derakhshani Description An account of the resource The latest member of the Coronaviridae family, called SARS-CoV-2, causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The disease has caused a pandemic and is threatening global health. Similar to SARS-CoV, this new virus can potentially infect lower respiratory tract cells and can go on to cause severe acute respiratory tract syndrome, followed by pneumonia and even death in many nations. The molecular mechanism of the disease has not yet been evaluated until now. We analyzed the GSE1739 microarray dataset including 10 SARS-positive PBMC and four normal PBMC. Co-expression network analysis by WGCNA suggested that highly preserved 833 turquoise module with genes were significantly related to SARS-CoV infection. ELANE, ORM2, RETN, BPI, ARG1, DEFA4, CXCL1, and CAMP were the most important genes involved in this disease according to GEO2R analysis as well. The GO analysis demonstrated that neutrophil activation and neutrophil degranulation are the most activated biological processes in the SARS infection as well as the neutrophilia, basophilia, and lymphopenia predicted by deconvolution analysis of samples. Thus, using Serpins and Arginase inhibitors during SARS-CoV infection may be beneficial for increasing the survival of SARS-positive patients. Regarding the high similarity of SARS-CoV-2 to SARS-CoV, the use of such inhibitors might be beneficial for COVID-19 patients. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Bioinformatics, Pneumonia, neutrophil, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00641 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frontiers in Genetics Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frontiers Media S.A. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Genetics https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/341df1c890c75da500b18e8dbec7ccf7.pdf 6e1453c72e6244b8fa417226e6e69268 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Contributions of Latin American researchers in the understanding of the novel coronavirus outbreak: a literature review Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Luis Miguel Serrano-Bermúdez, Karen Y. Fiesco-Sepúlveda Description An account of the resource This article aimed to give the visibility of Latin American researchers’ contributions to the comprehension of COVID-19; our method was a literature review. Currently, the world is facing a health and socioeconomic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and its disease COVID-19. Therefore, in less than 4 months, researchers have published a significant number of articles related to this novel virus. For instance, a search focused on the Scopus database on 10 April 2020, showed 1,224 documents published by authors with 1,797 affiliations from 80 countries. A total of 25.4%, 24.0% and 12.6% of these national affiliations were from China, Europe and the USA, respectively, making these regions leaders in COVID-19 research. In the case of Latin America, on 10 April 2020, we searched different databases, such as Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science, finding that the contribution of this region was 2.7 ± 0.6% of the total publications found. In other words, we found 153 publications related to COVID-19 with at least one Latin American researcher. We summarized and processed the information from these 153 publications, finding active participation in topics like medical, social and environmental considerations, bioinformatics and epidemiology. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Pandemic, severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Coronavirus disease Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9332 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PeerJ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PeerJ Inc. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Medicine https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/f58cd73b80b57cd9791609c2e20e4dea.pdf 3a7d0004d660237c2eecd2d8cca42bce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Severe bradyarrhythmia requiring temporary pacemaker in a COVID-19 patient receiving lopinavir/ritonavir treatment: case report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zhenisgul Sh. Tlegenova, Bekbolat Zholdin, Meirambek S. Kurmangazin, Bulat K. Khamidulla, Zhambul E. Zhailybaev Description An account of the resource A 77-year-old Asian female with a history of hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was admitted to hospital for coughing, shortness of breath and fatigue; her nasopharyngeal swab was positive for COVID-19. Lopinavir/ritonavir 800mg/200 mg, daily was started. On the third day of antiviral therapy, the patient complained of dizziness, nausea, she was disorientated, and electrocardiogram showed sinus arrest, junctional escape rhythm 36 beats per min. Patient was successfully treated by temporary pacemaker, normal sinus rhythm was reverted on a 3rd  day after stopping the lopinavir/ritonavir treatment. She was discharged home in stable condition. Bradyarrhythmia in form of sinus arrest can develop during treatment with lopinavir/ritonavir. The temporal nature of the observed changes and the ECG finding suggests the use of L/R contributed to the changes. This case highlights off-label prescribing lopinavir/ritonavir outside of a clinical trial setting should be avoided until the data have proven that treatment benefit over placebo. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Pacemaker, Complication, bradyarrhythmia, Lopinavir, ritonavir, Junctional rhythm, Sinus arrest, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.24969/hvt.2020.198 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Heart Vessels and Transplantation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Center for Scientific Research and Development of Education. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/384e9be161ed18c8d8f89d4f5f757327.pdf f885e4567f2c54c0b9a9f7bf4d366d87 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Protracted Course of COVID19 Infection in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient During CDK4/6 Inhibitor Therapy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Albert Grinshpun, Hila Fruchtman, Irit Merlet, Dean Nachman Description An account of the resource We describe the first case report of a patient with COVID19 infection and metastatic breast cancer, while on systemic therapy with a CDK4/6 inhibitor. The patient had unique disease course, characterized with delayed symptomatology. The case highlights novel findings and stress careful and extended follow-up during COVID19 infection in patients taking biologic therapies affecting the immune system. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Pneumonia, Metastatic breast cancer, palbociclib, CDK4/6 inhibitors, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01085 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frontiers in Oncology Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frontiers Media S.A. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/65d65029907d5f335fb17c34a197d738.pdf f7ab2729224c2ae781ccefef5fb724e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caring for Health Professionals in the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency: Toward an “Epidemic of Empathy” in Healthcare Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Guendalina Graffigna, Serena Barello Description An account of the resource Psychological research into healthcare opened the door to understanding people's emotional reactions when experiencing events perceived as life-threatening. This is the case of the current outbreak of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has recently been declared “a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)” by the World Health Organization (WHO). The response to an influenza pandemic might generate remarkable stress and emotional turmoil to healthcare providers who work during the outbreak. Prior experience with disasters, pandemics, and major traumatic events indicates that enhanced support to healthcare professionals enabling them to become aware of their own emotions and effectively share their perspective and lived experience with patients can help them in remaining efficient and focused during these stressful events. This outbreak marks a vital moment where healthcare systems can endorse an “epidemic of empathy” aimed at bringing science and humanism together to benefit patients and consolidate citizens' trust in healthcare providers during this and future healthcare crisis. Perhaps, the greatest opportunity for managing people fears during health emergencies—like the COVID-19 one—lies, in the short term, in restoring our connections with each other. Today, we are all called to rebuild a sense of community and the ties that bind us together as human beings. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource empathy, healthcare professionals, medical humanities, medical psychology, Patient-doctor communication, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01431 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frontiers in Psychology Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frontiers Media S.A. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Psychology https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/9bdc74272c3c499093ca7d384e31bb77.pdf aa9ff2c8a6881b9507e93bcb989487bd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biosurfactants: A Covid-19 Perspective Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pattanathu K S M Rahman, Stefano Gandolfi, Matthew L. Smith, Philippa M. Coshall Description An account of the resource The recent outbreak in severe acute respiratory syndrome – coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has demonstrated the complete inability of nations across the world to cope with the pressures of a global pandemic, especially one in which the only current feasible treatments are those which deal with the symptoms alone and not the viral cause. As the death toll rises, scientists begin to fall toward new avenues of research, with novelty showing itself to be an incredible and so far, underrated resource. In this case, the use of biosurfactants in dealing with this pandemic justifies extensive study with their potential applications being in the prevention of viral spread; dealing with the symptoms that develop after the incubation period; directly targeting viral infected cells and preventing the spread of the virus throughout the host, all in addition to also acting as potential drug delivery systems and cleaning agents. This extensive avenue of biosurfactants owes to the simplicity in their amphiphilic structure which permits them to interact directly with the lipid membrane of the coronavirus, in a way which wouldn't be of significant threat to the host. Although it could possibly interact and affect the virus, it could also affect human internal organs/cells by interacting with lipid membrane, if (biosurfactant is) ingested, and it still needs further studies in human models. The structure of the coronavirus, in this case SARS-CoV-2, is detrimentally dependent on the integrity of its lipid membrane which encloses its vital proteins and RNA. Biosurfactants possess the innate ability to threaten this membrane, a result of their own hydrophobic domains across their amphiphilic structure. With biosurfactants additionally being both natural and sustainable, while also possessing a remarkably low cytotoxicity, it is of no doubt that they are going to be of increasing significance in dealing with the current pandemic. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource drug delivery, biosurfactants, SOAP, hand wash, cleaning products, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01341 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frontiers in Microbiology Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frontiers Media S.A. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Microbiology