“…The rationales for using chloroquine in dengue patients include
the drug's anti-inflammatory property, possible antiviral effect, with action on
flaviviruses, low cost, universal availability and safety and global public health
importance of dengue. Recently, a potential use of chloroquine has been described in
some viral infections, such as influenza, human immunodeficiency virus and severe
acute respiratory syndrome (coronavirus) (Lanciotti
et al 1992, Savarino et al 2003,
2006, Vincent et al 2005, Adachi et al
2007, Di Trani et al 2007, Keyaerts et
al. 2009, Martinson et al 2010).…”