- 著者
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Jianjun Gao
Zhenxue Tian
Xu Yang
- 出版者
- International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement
- 雑誌
- BioScience Trends (ISSN:18817815)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.14, no.1, pp.72-73, 2020-02-29 (Released:2020-03-16)
- 参考文献数
- 7
- 被引用文献数
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus is spreading rapidly, and scientists are endeavoring to discover drugs for its efficacious treatment in China. Chloroquine phosphate, an old drug for treatment of malaria, is shown to have apparent efficacy and acceptable safety against COVID-19 associated pneumonia in multicenter clinical trials conducted in China. The drug is recommended to be included in the next version of the Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19 issued by the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China for treatment of COVID-19 infection in larger populations in the future.