Levofloxacin cures experimental pneumonic plague in African green monkeys.

Levofloxacin cures experimental pneumonic plague in African green monkeys.

BACKGROUND: Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, is considered a potential bioweapon due to rapid lethality when delivered as an aerosol. Levofloxacin was tested for primary pneumonic plague treatment in a nonhuman primate model mimicking human disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-four African Gree...

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Main Authors: Robert Colby Layton, William Mega, Jacob D McDonald, Trevor L Brasel, Edward B Barr, Andrew P Gigliotti, Frederick Koster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3035670?pdf=render

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