The ‘myth of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for the prevention of COVID-19’ is far from reality

Abstract The efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for the prevention of COVID-19 was contentious. In this randomized control double-blind clinical trial, asymptomatic individuals with direct contact with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases were randomized into PEP/...

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Main Authors: Deba Prasad Dhibar, Navneet Arora, Deepak Chaudhary, Ajay Prakash, Bikash Medhi, Neeraj Singla, Ritin Mohindra, Vikas Suri, Ashish Bhalla, Navneet Sharma, Mini P. Singh, P. V. M. Lakshmi, Kapil Goyal, Arnab Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26053-w