Retraction: Samaha et al. Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon. Viruses 2021, 13, 989

Samaha, Ali A.; Mouawia, Hussein; Fawaz, Mirna; Hassan, Hamad; Salami, Ali; Bazzal, Ali Al; Saab, Hamid Bou; Al-Wakeel, Mohamed; Alsaabi, Ahmad; Chouman, Mohamad; Moussawi, Mahmoud Al; Ayoub, Hassan; Raad, Ali; Hajjeh, Ola; Eid, Ali H.; Raad, Houssam

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Retraction: Samaha et al. Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon. Viruses 2021, 13, 989

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Ali A. Samaha

^1,2,3,4,

Hussein Mouawia

¹

,

Mirna Fawaz

²,

Hamad Hassan

^1,5,

Ali Salami

⁶

,

Ali Al Bazzal

¹,

Hamid Bou Saab

⁷,

Mohamed Al-Wakeel

⁸,

Ahmad Alsaabi

⁹,

Mohamad Chouman

¹,

Mahmoud Al Moussawi

¹⁰,

Hassan Ayoub

⁴,

Ali Raad

¹,

Ola Hajjeh

¹,

Ali H. Eid

^11,12,*

and

Houssam Raad

^1,*

¹

Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

²

Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Mazraa 1105, Lebanon

³

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Mazraa 1105, Lebanon

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Department of Cardiology, Rayak University Hospital, Bekaa 1801, Lebanon

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Ministry of Health, Beirut, Lebanon

⁶

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Nabatieh 1700, Lebanon

⁷

Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Zahle 1801, Lebanon

⁸

Karbala Health Directory, Baghdad 10081, Iraq

⁹

Department of Biology, Lille University, 59160 Lille, France

¹⁰

Faculty of Nursing Sciences, Islamic University of Lebanon, Baalbek 1800, Lebanon

¹¹

Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

¹²

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Unit, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

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Viruses 2021, 13(11), 2154; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112154

Submission received: 20 October 2021 / Accepted: 22 October 2021 / Published: 26 October 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vaccines and Therapeutics against Coronaviruses)

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The journal retracts the article, Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon [1], cited above.

Following publication, the authors contacted the editorial office regarding an error between files used for the statistical analysis.

Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted that confirmed the error reported by the authors.

This retraction was approved by the Editor in Chief of the journal.

The authors agreed to this retraction.

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Samaha, A.A.; Mouawia, H.; Fawaz, M.; Hassan, H.; Salami, A.; Bazzal, A.A.; Saab, H.B.; Al-Wakeel, M.; Alsaabi, A.; Chouman, M.; et al. Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon. Viruses 2021, 13, 989. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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Samaha, A.A.; Mouawia, H.; Fawaz, M.; Hassan, H.; Salami, A.; Bazzal, A.A.; Saab, H.B.; Al-Wakeel, M.; Alsaabi, A.; Chouman, M.; et al. Retraction: Samaha et al. Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon. Viruses 2021, 13, 989. Viruses 2021, 13, 2154. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112154

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Samaha AA, Mouawia H, Fawaz M, Hassan H, Salami A, Bazzal AA, Saab HB, Al-Wakeel M, Alsaabi A, Chouman M, et al. Retraction: Samaha et al. Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon. Viruses 2021, 13, 989. Viruses. 2021; 13(11):2154. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112154

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Samaha, Ali A., Hussein Mouawia, Mirna Fawaz, Hamad Hassan, Ali Salami, Ali Al Bazzal, Hamid Bou Saab, Mohamed Al-Wakeel, Ahmad Alsaabi, Mohamad Chouman, and et al. 2021. "Retraction: Samaha et al. Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon. Viruses 2021, 13, 989" Viruses 13, no. 11: 2154. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112154

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