The concept of 'convalescent plasma' originated in the early 20th century and has been used to treat outbreaks of measles and mumps.
available for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease. Casdevall and Pirofski say that"human convalescent serum is an option for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 disease." They say it could be available in a short timescale as long as enough people who had recovered from it could donate their blood.Convalescent plasma taken from a recovered coronavirus patient would be rich in the antibodies needed to fight off the infection.
Casadevall said the treatment could be set up at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University in just a few weeks."Deployment of this option requires no research or development," he told Johns Hopkins' news portal The Hub."It could be deployed within a couple of weeks since it relies on standard blood-banking practices."
This approach is not supposed to be a treatment, they argue. Instead, it would be a"stopgap measure" that could be used to slow the current epidemic. They also say implementing it would require a huge amount of coordination between different specialists and hospital administrators."As we are in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, we recommend that institutions consider the emergency use of convalescent sera and begin preparations as soon as possible. Time is of the essence.
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