Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Ebola viral dynamics in nonhuman primates provides insights into virus immuno-pathogenesis and antiviral strategies

  • Vincent Madelain,
  • Sylvain Baize,
  • Frédéric Jacquot,
  • Stéphanie Reynard,
  • Alexandra Fizet,
  • Stephane Barron,
  • Caroline Solas,
  • Bruno Lacarelle,
  • Caroline Carbonnelle,
  • France Mentré,
  • Hervé Raoul,
  • Xavier de Lamballerie,
  • Jérémie Guedj

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06215-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Optimization of antiviral therapy can be crucial in the management of Ebola virus outbreaks. Here, Madelain et al. use an integrative mathematical model to correlate the dose and the time of treatment initiation with survival rate, enhanced immune response and viral clearance.