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SUBMITTER: Sturrock BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7354053 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sturrock Beattie Rh BR Chevassut Timothy Jt TJ
Clinical medicine (London, England) 20200515 3
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causing the disease COVID-19, first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has now spread to 203 countries or territories, infected over 2 million people and caused over 133,000 deaths. There is an urgent need for specific treatments. One potential treatment is chloroquine and its derivatives, including hydroxychloroquine, which have both antiviral and anti-inflammatory effects. These compounds are effective against SARS-CoV-2 <i>in vitro</i>, but <i>in vi ...[more]