Lassa viral dynamics in non-human primates treated with favipiravir or ribavirin.

Lassa fever is an haemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus (LASV). There is no vaccine approved against LASV and the only recommended antiviral treatment relies on ribavirin, despite limited evidence of efficacy. Recently, the nucleotide analogue favipiravir showed a high antiviral efficacy, with 10...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Lingas, Kyle Rosenke, David Safronetz, Jérémie Guedj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008535