Favipiravir and Ribavirin Treatment of Epidemiologically Linked Cases of Lassa Fever
Favipiravir and Ribavirin Treatment of Epidemiologically Linked Cases of Lassa Fever
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Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit , for the Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit , Raabe, Vanessa N. , Kann, Gerrit , Ribner, Bruce S. , Morales, Andres , Varkey, Jay B. , Mehta, Aneesh K. , Lyon, G. Marshall , Vanairsdale, Sharon , Faber, Kelly , Becker, Stephan , Eickmann, Markus , Strecker, Thomas , Brown, Shelley , Patel, Ketan , De Leuw, Philipp , Schuettfort, Gundolf , Stephan, Christoph , Rabenau, Holger , Klena, John D. , Rollin, Pierre E. , McElroy, Anita , Ströher, Ute , Nichol, Stuart , Kraft, Colleen S. and Wolf, Timo
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United States: Oxford University Press
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English
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United States: Oxford University Press
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Two patients with Lassa fever are described who are the first human cases treated with a combination of ribavirin and favipiravir. Both patients survived but developed transaminitis and had prolonged detectable virus RNA in blood and semen, suggesting that the possibility of sexual transmission of Lassa virus should be considered.
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Favipiravir and Ribavirin Treatment of Epidemiologically Linked Cases of Lassa Fever
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
for the Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit
Raabe, Vanessa N.
Kann, Gerrit
Ribner, Bruce S.
Morales, Andres
Varkey, Jay B.
Mehta, Aneesh K.
Lyon, G. Marshall
Vanairsdale, Sharon
Faber, Kelly
Becker, Stephan
Eickmann, Markus
Strecker, Thomas
Brown, Shelley
Patel, Ketan
De Leuw, Philipp
Schuettfort, Gundolf
Stephan, Christoph
Rabenau, Holger
Klena, John D.
Rollin, Pierre E.
McElroy, Anita
Ströher, Ute
Nichol, Stuart
Kraft, Colleen S.
Wolf, Timo
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5682919
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5682919
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1058-4838
E-ISSN
1537-6591
DOI
10.1093/cid/cix406
