COVID-19 prevention and treatment: A critical analysis of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine clinical pharmacology

Nicholas J. White; James A. Watson; Richard M. Hoglund; Xin Hui S. Chan; Phaik Yeong Cheah; Joel Tarning

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003252

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COVID-19 prevention and treatment: A critical analysis of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine clinical pharmacology

Nicholas J. White ,

* E-mail: nickw@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-1978

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James A. Watson,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5524-0325

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Richard M. Hoglund,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5322-912X

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Xin Hui S. Chan,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9941-6975

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Phaik Yeong Cheah,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Joel Tarning

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-4030

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COVID-19 prevention and treatment: A critical analysis of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine clinical pharmacology

Nicholas J. White,
James A. Watson,
Richard M. Hoglund,
Xin Hui S. Chan,
Phaik Yeong Cheah,
Joel Tarning

Published: September 3, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003252

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