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Hydroxychloroquine as pre-exposure prophylaxis for COVID-19 in healthcare workers: a randomized trial

2020-09-21

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<h4>Background</h4> Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a rapidly emerging virus causing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic with no known effective prophylaxis. We investigated whether hydroxychloroquine could prevent SARS CoV-2 in healthcare workers at high-risk of exposure. <h4>Methods</h4> We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of healthcare workers wit...

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Literature Corpus work: 77466bbe-ca94-5750-aa03-c18c7921d783
DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.18.20197327

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