Table 1.

A list of studies revealed antiviral effects of ivermectin on RNA and DNA viruses

	Viral characteristic	Genus	Family	References
RNA viruses
aSARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Betacoronavirus	Coronaviridae	[15]
aZika virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Flavivirus	Flaviviridae	[16, 17, 19, 22, 23]
aDengue virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Flavivirus	Flaviviridae	[20, 21, 23, 25–27]
aYellow fever virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Flavivirus	Flaviviridae	[25]
aWest Nile virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Flavivirus	Flaviviridae	[25]
Hendra virus	An enveloped, negative-sense, single-stranded	Henipavirus	Paramyxoviridae	[28]
Newcastle virus	An enveloped, negative-sense, single-stranded		Paramyxoviridae	[29]
aVenezuelan equine encephalitis virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Alphavirus	Togaviridae	[30, 31]
aChikungunya virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Alphavirus	Togaviridae	[32]
aSemliki Forest virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Alphavirus	Togaviridae	[32]
aSindbis virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Alphavirus	Togaviridae	[32]
Avian influenza A virus	An enveloped, negative-sense, single-stranded	Alphainfluenzavirus	Orthomyxoviridae	[33]
aPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Arterivirus	Arteriviridae	[34]
aHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1	An enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded	Lentivirus	Retroviridae	[21, 35]
DNA viruses
Equine herpesvirus type 1	An enveloped, double-stranded	Varicellovirus	Herpesviridae	[36]
Pseudorabies virus	An enveloped, double-stranded	Varicellovirus	Herpesviridae	[37]
BK polyomavirus	A non-enveloped, double-stranded	Polyomavirus	Polyomaviridae	[40]
Porcine circovirus 2	A non-enveloped, single-stranded	Circovirus	Circoviridae	[41]

^aIvermectin is effective on a number of enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses including SARS-CoV-2