Postexposure Treatment of Marburg Virus Infection

Rhesus monkeys are protected from disease when a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus–based vaccine is administered 20–30 min after infection with Marburg virus. We protected 5/6 monkeys when this vaccine was given 24 h after challenge; 2/6 animals were protected when the vaccine was administered...

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Main Authors: Thomas W. Geisbert, Lisa E. Hensley, Joan B. Geisbert, Anders Leung, Joshua C. Johnson, Allen Grolla, Heinz Feldmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/10-0159_article