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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-1502</Issn>
      <Volume>20</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Montelukast and Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Scoping Review</title>
    <FirstPage>384</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>393</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Niusha</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sharifinejad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran AND Alborz Office of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN),  Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Samin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sharafian</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Mofid Children&#x2019;s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sana</FirstName>
        <LastName>Salekmoghadam</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Marzieh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Tavakol</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mostafa</FirstName>
        <LastName>Qorbani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging worldwide issue, that has affected a large number of people around the world. So far, many studies have aimed to develop a therapeutic approach against COVID-19. Montelukast (MK) is a safe asthma controller drug, which is considered as a potential antiviral drug for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This review has a systematic approach to investigate the reports on the use of MK as a part of treatment or a prophylactic agent in COVID-19. The search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases and yielded 35 studies containing the influence of MK on SARS-CoV-2. Ultimately, MK appears to be worth being used as an adjuvant therapeutic and prophylactic drug against SARS-CoV-2. Nevertheless, more clinical trials are required to accurately investigate its effectiveness.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/3177</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/download/3177/1731</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
