Clinical implications of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine ototoxicity for COVID-19 treatment: A mini-review [PDF]
At this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially effective treatments are currently under urgent investigation. Benefits of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 infection have been proposed and clinical trials are underway ...
Kasbekar, Anand V +2 more
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Do Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Treat COVID-19? [PDF]
Chloroquine is an anti-malarial and autoimmune disease drug, which has an anti- viral activity. In vitro, the Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine are potent at inhibiting SARS-CoV.
Sanaa Bouchnafati +3 more
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The multifocal pattern electroretinogram in chloroquine retinopathy [PDF]
Purpose: Optimal screening for ocular toxicity caused by chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine is still controversial. With the multifocal pattern electroretinogram (mfPERG), a new electrophysiological technique has recently become available to detect early
Stiefelmeyer, S. +4 more
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Persistence of chloroquine-resistant haplotypes of Plasmodium falciparum in children with uncomplicated Malaria in Lagos, Nigeria, four years after change of chloroquine as first-line antimalarial medicine. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, despite the change in National malaria drug policy to artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) in 2005 due to widespread chloroquine resistance, chloroquine (CQ) is still widely used in the treatment of malaria because it is cheap ...
Sutherland, Colin J +2 more
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The Level of Effectiveness Use of Quinoline Drugs in COVID-19: A Literature Review
Chloroquine is the first line of medicine in the treatment of malaria. Besides being antimalaria, the chloroquine also can be used as the anti-inflammation in the medicine of arthritis rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematosus discoid ...
M.Dedi Dermawan Dermawan +3 more
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Azithromycin plus chloroquine: combination therapy for protection against malaria and sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: The first-line therapy for the intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
Chandramohan, Daniel +3 more
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Leveraging the effects of chloroquine on resistant malaria parasites for combination therapies
Background Malaria is a major global health problem, with the Plasmodium falciparum protozoan parasite causing the most severe form of the disease. Prevalence of drug-resistant P. falciparum highlights the need to understand the biology of resistance and
Ana M. Untaroiu +3 more
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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus chloroquine to treat vivax malaria in Afghanistan: an open randomized, non-inferiority, trial. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Afghanistan's national guidelines recommend chloroquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax infection, the parasite responsible for the majority of its malaria burden. Chloroquine resistance in P. vivax is emerging in Asia.
Faizullah Kaker +33 more
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Lack of Evidence for Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Leogane, Haiti
Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Haiti is considered chloroquine susceptible, although resistance transporter alleles associated with chloroquine resistance were recently detected.
Ami Neuberger +3 more
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Liposomes encapsulating chloroquine were synthesized and characterized. Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering confirmed a liposome size of ~100 nm and uniform shape.
Nathan D. Donahue +4 more
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