Antibodies are not used as treatments for infectious diseases
the verdict
REFUTED
the evidence says no
confidence 21/100
Antibodies are widely used and studied as effective treatments and immunotherapies for various infectious diseases, directly contradicting the claim.
Evidence against · 4
Development of therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of diseases
2020 · cited by 2,147
This review highlights that therapeutic antibodies are approved for treating various human diseases, including infectious diseases.
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More against · 3
Unique antibodies across the animal kingdom (birds, camelids, and sharks): therapeutic potential against human respiratory viral infections.
2025 · cited by 1
This paper notes that antibodies represent indispensable tools against infectious diseases, with widespread application in therapeutic settings.
Combination therapy for fungal diseases: the role of immunotherapy in the present and the future.
2026 · cited by 0
This review lists monoclonal antibodies as part of the expanding range of adjunctive immunotherapies used in treating infectious diseases such as fungal infections.
Targeting a conserved flagellin D1 epitope with 16G10 confers cross-serotype protection in murine <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> infection models.
2026 · cited by 0
This study demonstrates that monoclonal antibodies can be used successfully as a post-infection immunotherapy to improve survival in bacterial infection models.