Combined chloroquine and ribavirin treatment does not prevent death in a hamster model of Nipah and Hendra virus infection

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 765-772

  Freiberg, Alexander N ^a   Worthy, Melissa N ^a   Lee, Benhur ^b,c,d   Holbrook, Michael R ^a,b,e  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; RIBAVIRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOTHERAPY; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHLOROQUINE; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; NIPAH VIRUS; RIBAVIRIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; HENDRA VIRUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; NIPAH VIRUS;

EID: 76849098720     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.017269-0     Document Type: Article

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