Editorial overview: COVID-19 therapy: From lung disease to systemic disorder

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Nora A. Fierro Ph.D. received the doctoral degree in biochemical sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and performed postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health, USA. In 2009, she attained a research position at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico where she established the Immuno-Virology Unit. Since 2019, she started her own group in the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas at the UNAM. Her work is focused on understanding of the immune mechanisms that control viral diseases. She is particularly interested in the study of hepatitis E virus from an immune, metabolic, and genomic perspective. She has recently started projects related to the study of the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Latin America.

Jesus Torres-Flores Ph.D. received his doctoral degree in biochemical sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, focusing on the study of rotavirus infections. He later attained an associate-researcher position at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, where he conducted research aimed to understand the pathogenesis of arboviral infections. In 2019, he became a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México where he designed molecular strategies for high-throuput evaluation of antivirals against zika virus. Since 2020, he started working on different projects aimed to aid in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Santiago Mirazo Ph.D. received the master’s and doctoral degrees in biological sciences from the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. He was Assistant Professor, and he attained an Associate Professor position at the Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República. His research is focused on zoonotic viruses and the molecular mechanisms involved in pathogen emergence and cross-species events. Particularly, he is interested in the study of hepatitis E virus. Recently, he has been working in projects related to the immune response against SARS-CoV-2 and the detection and quantification of the virus in wastewater as a monitoring tool for COVID-19 in the community.

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