IVERMECTIN!
“Ivermectin was also identified as a promising agent against :
•chikungunya
• Semliki Forest and
• Sindbis virus, as well as
• yellow fever, a flavivirus [5].
Moreover, a new study indicated that ivermectin presents strong antiviral activity against the:
•West Nile virus, also a flavivirus, at low (μM) concentrations [6].
This drug has further been demonstrated to exert antiviral activity against:
• Zika virus (ZIKV) in in vitro
-PubMed
IVERMECTIN (cont’d)
“ Recent research has confounded the belief, held for most of the past 40 years, that ivermectin was devoid of any antiviral characteristics. Ivermectin has been found to potently inhibit replication of the yellow fever virus, with EC50 values in the sub-nanomolar range. It also inhibits replication in several other flaviviruses, including •dengue•, Japanese encephalitis and tick-borne encephalitis, probably by targeting non-structural 3 helicase activity.97 Ivermectin inhibits dengue viruses and interrupts virus replication, bestowing protection against infection with all distinct virus serotypes, and has unexplored potential as a •dengue antiviral•.”