Treatment of late stage disease in a model of arenaviral hemorrhagic fever: T-705 efficacy and reduced toxicity suggests an alternative to ribavirin.

A growing number of arenaviruses are known to cause viral hemorrhagic fever (HF), a severe and life-threatening syndrome characterized by fever, malaise, and increased vascular permeability. Ribavirin, the only licensed antiviral indicated for the treatment of certain arenaviral HFs, has had mixed s...

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Main Authors: Brian B Gowen, Donald F Smee, Min-Hui Wong, Jeffery O Hall, Kie-Hoon Jung, Kevin W Bailey, John R Stevens, Yousuke Furuta, John D Morrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2579488?pdf=render