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Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for the prevention or treatment of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Africa : caution for inappropriate off-label use in healthcare settings

Abena, Pascale M.; Decloedt, Eric H.; Bottieau, Emmanuel; Suleman, Fatima; Adejumo, Prisca; Sam-Agudu, Nadia A.; TamFum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe; Seydi, Moussa; Eholie, Serge P.; Mills, Edward J.; Kallay, Oscar; Zumla, Alimuddin; Nachega, Jean B. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 pandemic has spread to Africa, where nearly all countries have reported laboratory-confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ...
Artemisia Spp. derivatives for COVID-19 treatment : anecdotal use, political hype, treatment potential, challenges, and road map to randomized clinical trials

Kapepula, Paulin M.; Kabengele, Jimmy K.; Kingombe, Micheline; Van Bambeke, Francoise; Tulkens, Paul M.; Kishabongo, Antoine Sadiki; Decloedt, Eric; Zumla, Adam; Tiberi, Simon; Suleman, Fatima; Tshilolo, Leon; Muyembe-TamFum, Jean-Jacques; Zumla, Alimuddin; Nachega, Jean B. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)

The world is currently facing a novel COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 that, as of July 12, 2020, has caused a reported 12,322,395 cases and 556,335 deaths. To date, only two treatments, remdesivir and dexamethasone, ...