id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-328712-7q9mg2tu Moore, Nicholas Chloroquine for COVID-19 Infection 2020-04-07 .txt text/plain 794 55 60 Caused by a new virus, SARS-CoV2, COVID-19 is related to the common cold and the SARS-CoV1 virus that was responsible for the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infection in Asia, causing about 8000 cases and 774 deaths (https ://www. Raoult was based on theory [5] , on the effects of the drug on coronavirus replication in vitro [1, 4, [6] [7] [8] , and on experimental data [2] showing SARS-CoV inhibition [3] , concluding to a hypothetical effect of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 [9] without clinical proof other than a non-randomized open study of 20 patients, purported to show extraordinary results on virus washout (notwithstanding a slew of typical biases) [10] . In vitro antiviral activity and projection of optimized dosing design of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) A pilot study of hydroxychloroquine in treatment of patients with common coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) ./cache/cord-328712-7q9mg2tu.txt ./txt/cord-328712-7q9mg2tu.txt