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National Consumption of Antimalarial Drugs and COVID-19 Deaths Dynamics : an Ecological Study

2020-04-24 pharmacology and therapeutics Title + abstract only
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COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019) is an international public health problem with a high rate of severe clinical cases. Several treatments are currently being tested worldwide. This paper focuses on anti-malarial drugs such as chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine. We compare the dynamics of COVID-19 daily deaths in countries using anti-malaria drugs as a treatment from the start of the epidemic versus countries that do not, the day of the 3rd death and the following 10 days. We then use a ARIMA mo...

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