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Review
. 2020 May:177:104762.
doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104762. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

Of chloroquine and COVID-19

Franck Touret  1 , Xavier de Lamballerie  2
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Review

Of chloroquine and COVID-19

Franck Touret et al. Antiviral Res. 2020 May.

Abstract

Recent publications have brought attention to the possible benefit of chloroquine, a broadly used antimalarial drug, in the treatment of patients infected by the novel emerged coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The scientific community should consider this information in light of previous experiments with chloroquine in the field of antiviral research.

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; Antiviral; COVID-19; Chloroquine; SARS-CoV-2.

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