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SUBMITTER: Sinha M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7817420 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sinha Meetali M Gupta Anshika A Gupta Shristee S Singh Prakrity P Pandit Shraddha S Chauhan Shweta Singh SS Parthasarathi Ramakrishnan R
Computers in biology and medicine 20210120
COVID-19 outbreak poses a severe health emergency to the global community. Due to availability of limited data, the selection of an effective treatment is a challenge. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a chloroquine (CQ) derivative administered for malaria and autoimmune diseases, has been shown to be effective against both Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-1) and SARS-CoV-2. Apart from the known adverse effects of these drugs, recently the use of CQ and HCQ as a potential treatment for COVID- ...[more]