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Correspondence
Does hydroxychloroquine prevent the transmission of COVID-19?
  1. Flavio L Heldwein1,
  2. Adriano Calado2
  1. 1 Surgery, UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil
  2. 2 Department of Urology, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
  1. Correspondence to Professor Flavio L Heldwein, Surgery, UFSC, Florianopolis, Brazil; flavio.lobo{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217501

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    The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted global health and has caused more than 45 000 deaths. Some possible treatments are being tested in randomised trials. Recently, news that chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine has been successfully used to treat pneumonia associated with COVID-19 in reports from China and Europe, associated with the panic of transmission has led to a high public demand for these medications in some countries.1 2

    Chloroquine has been known since 1934. Its immunomodulatory …

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    • Contributors Both authors contribute equal to this correspondence. Study concept and design: FLH and AC. Drafting of the manuscript: FLH. Critical revision: AC.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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