Therapeutic efficacy of favipiravir against Bourbon virus in mice.

Bourbon virus (BRBV) is an emerging tick-borne RNA virus in the orthomyxoviridae family that was discovered in 2014. Although fatal human cases of BRBV have been described, little is known about its pathogenesis, and no antiviral therapies or vaccines exist. We obtained serum from a fatal case in 20...

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Main Authors: Traci L Bricker, Md Shafiuddin, Anshu P Gounder, Andrew B Janowski, Guoyan Zhao, Graham D Williams, Brett W Jagger, Michael S Diamond, Thomas Bailey, Jennie H Kwon, David Wang, Adrianus C M Boon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007790