More recently, Braz-De-Melo highlighted the beneficial effects of n-3 PUFAs against viral infections by showing that DHA pre-treatment to neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells infected with Zika virus increased their viability and proliferation, restored mitochondrial function, reduced viral load and triggered an anti-inflammatory response identifying n-3 PUFAs as useful therapeutic tools in combating viruses (Braz-De-Melo et al., 2019).