Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Nebulized fusion inhibitory peptide protects cynomolgus macaques from measles virus infection

  • Olivier Reynard,
  • Claudia Gonzalez,
  • Claire Dumont,
  • Mathieu Iampietro,
  • Marion Ferren,
  • Sandrine Le Guellec,
  • Lajoie Laurie,
  • Cyrille Mathieu,
  • Gabrielle Carpentier,
  • Georges Roseau,
  • Francesca T. Bovier,
  • Yun Zhu,
  • Deborah Le Pennec,
  • Jérome Montharu,
  • Amin Addetia,
  • Alexander L. Greninger,
  • Christopher A. Alabi,
  • Elise Brisebard,
  • Anne Moscona,
  • Laurent Vecellio,
  • Matteo Porotto,
  • Branka Horvat

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33832-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine, measles remains the leading cause of child death among vaccine-preventable diseases. In this work, authors utilised a cynomolgus macaque model of infection, and a mesh nebuliser administration approach, to show efficacy of their aerosolized lipopeptide fusion inhibitor against the measles virus.