Saldanha, Carlota2022-05-032022-05-032022Series on Biomechanics, Vol.36 No.1 (2022), 39-431313-2458http://hdl.handle.net/10451/52661COVID-19 is a new out-breaking human disease characterized by a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A pandemic state was swiftly declared by the World Health Organization due its fast transmissibility and huge human mortality index. After a brief introduction to the COVID -19 disease such as the ways of virus transportation inside the human body, the aim of this revision is to focus on the SARS-CoV2 infected erythrocyte properties which are considered biomarkers of COVID-19 patients and highlight the erythrocyte as a transporter for therapeutic drugs deliver in infected patients.engMembrane Band3 proteinP50Erythrocyte deformabilitySARS-CoV-2COVID-19journal article10.7546/SB.05.2022