Natural history of disease in cynomolgus monkeys exposed to Ebola virus Kikwit strain demonstrates the reliability of this non-human primate model for Ebola virus disease.

Natural history of disease in cynomolgus monkeys exposed to Ebola virus Kikwit strain demonstrates the reliability of this non-human primate model for Ebola virus disease.

Filoviruses (Family Filoviridae genera Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus) are negative-stranded RNA viruses that cause severe health effects in humans and non-human primates, including death. Except in outbreak settings, vaccines and other medical countermeasures against Ebola virus (EBOV) will require te...

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Main Authors: Nancy A Niemuth, Dawn Fallacara, Cheryl A Triplett, Sanjay M Tamrakar, Alisha Rajbhandari, Clint Florence, Lucy Ward, Anthony Griffiths, Ricardo Carrion, Yenny Goez-Gazi, Kendra J Alfson, Hilary M Staples, Trevor Brasel, Jason E Comer, Shane Massey, Jeanon Smith, Andrew Kocsis, Jake Lowry, Sara C Johnston, Aysegul Nalca, Arthur J Goff, Amy C Shurtleff, Margaret L Pitt, John Trefry, Michael P Fay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252874

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252874

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