Drugs, therapeutic combinations and methods for preventing viral and microbial infections and their sequelae

Abstract

In alternative embodiments, provided are drugs, therapeutic combinations and methods for preventing or ameliorating, or decreasing the chances of having any adverse effects from, decreasing the severity of adverse effects from, a viral infection such as a coronavirus infection or a microbial infection including a protozoan, helminthiasis, insect and / or parasitic infection such as: malaria that can be caused by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium; filariasis, leprosy or streptocerciasis that can be caused by a parasite of the superfamily Filarioidea; leprosy that can be caused by a parasite of the genus Mycobacterium; river blindness or onchocerciasis that can be caused by parasitic worms such as parasites of the genus Onchocerca; hookworm or roundworm infections that can be caused by parasites of the genus Ancylostoma or Necator; trichuriasis or whipworm infection that can be caused by a parasite of the genus Trichuris; roundworm or an Ascaris infections; mite-carried infections such as scabies; infections such as typhus caused by lice or parasites of the order Phthiraptera; enterobiasis that can be caused by pinworm or parasites of the genus Enterobius; pulicosis or infections cause by fleas or insects of the order Siphonaptera or of the genus Pulex, and other infections and infestations.

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