Is Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) seen less in countries more exposed to Malaria?

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Jul:140:109756. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109756. Epub 2020 Apr 22.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antigen Presentation / drug effects
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / adverse effects
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Betacoronavirus* / drug effects
  • Betacoronavirus* / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus* / physiology
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment
  • Chloroquine / adverse effects
  • Chloroquine / pharmacology*
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Coronaviridae / genetics
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Drug Utilization / trends
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / adverse effects
  • Hydroxychloroquine / pharmacology*
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Immunologic Factors / adverse effects
  • Immunologic Factors / pharmacology
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control
  • Pandemics* / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Virus Replication / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antimalarials
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Chloroquine