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A randomized controlled trial of chloroquine for the treatment of dengue in Vietnamese adults
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Background There is currently no licensed antiviral drug for treatment of dengue. Chloroquine (CQ) inhibits the replication of dengue virus (DENV) in vitro. Methods and Findings A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of CQ in 307 adults hospitalized for suspected DENV infection was conducted at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) between May 2007 and July 2008. Patients with illness histories of 72 hours or less were randomized to a 3-day course of CQ ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000785
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- ARTN e785
- Publication date:
- 2010-08-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2010-07-10
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1935-2735
- ISSN:
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1935-2727
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- English
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- pubs:66134
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66134
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- 2012-12-19
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- Tricou et al
- Copyright date:
- 2010
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- Copyright: © 2010 Tricou et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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