Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine: how about switching?
Thiago Santana Novotny*1,2, Mychelle Alves
Monteiro1, Patrícia Condé de Lima1,
Soraya Mendonça de Ochs1, Fernando Antonio Simas Vaz2, Flávia Ferreira de Carvalho
Marques2.
1National Institute for Quality Control in Health,
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 21040-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2Department of Analytical Chemistry - Fundamental and
Applied Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry,
Fluminense Federal University, 24020-141, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
Correspondence to : Thiago Santana Novotny, Instituto Nacional
de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde (INCQS) – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
(Fiocruz), Avenida Brasil, 4365, 21040-900, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro -
RJ - Brasil
thiago.novotny@gmail.com
FONE: +55(21)98797-2917
Abbreviations: CQ – Chloroquine, HCQ – Hydroxychloroquine,
ADE – antibody dependent enhancement, WHO – World Health Organization,
CoV – Coronaviruses, SARS – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, MERS –
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, RAS – renin-angiotensin system.