Effectiveness of potential antiviral treatments in COVID-19 transmission control: a modelling study.
Sheng-Nan LinJia RuiQiu-Ping ChenBin ZhaoShan-Shan YuZhuo-Yang LiZe-Yu ZhaoYao WangYuan-Zhao ZhuJing-Wen XuMeng YangXing-Chun LiuTian-Long YangLi LuoBin DengJie-Feng HuangChan LiuPei-Hua LiWei-Kang LiuFang XieYong ChenYan-Hua SuBen-Hua ZhaoYi-Chen ChiangTian-Mu ChenPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2021)
Antiviral treatments are more effective in COVID-19 transmission control than in mortality reduction. Overall, antiviral treatments were more effective in younger age groups, while older age groups showed higher COVID-19 prevalence and mortality. Therefore, physicians should pay more attention to prevention of viral spread and patients deaths when providing antiviral treatments to patients of older age groups.