Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities: Proceedings of the Filovirus Medical Countermeasures Workshop

Rona Hirschberg; Lucy A. Ward; Nicole Kilgore; Rebecca Kurnat; Helen Schiltz; Mark T. Albrecht; George W. Christopher; Ed Nuzum

doi:10.3390/v6072673

Viruses (Jul 2014)

Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities: Proceedings of the Filovirus Medical Countermeasures Workshop

Rona Hirschberg,
Lucy A. Ward,
Nicole Kilgore,
Rebecca Kurnat,
Helen Schiltz,
Mark T. Albrecht,
George W. Christopher,
Ed Nuzum

Affiliations

Rona Hirschberg: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Lucy A. Ward: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Nicole Kilgore: Medical Countermeasure Systems, Department of Defense, Ft. Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Rebecca Kurnat: Medical Countermeasure Systems, Department of Defense, Ft. Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Helen Schiltz: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Mark T. Albrecht: Biodefense Advanced Research and Development Authority, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201, USA
George W. Christopher: Medical Countermeasure Systems, Department of Defense, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, USA
Ed Nuzum: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v6072673
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 7
pp. 2673 – 2697

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On August 22–23, 2013, agencies within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sponsored the Filovirus Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) Workshop as an extension of the activities of the Filovirus Animal Non-clinical Group (FANG). The FANG is a federally-recognized multi-Agency group established in 2011 to coordinate and facilitate U.S. government (USG) efforts to develop filovirus MCMs. The workshop brought together government, academic and industry experts to consider the needs for filovirus MCMs and evaluate the status of the product development pipeline. This report summarizes speaker presentations and highlights progress and challenges remaining in the field.

Published in Viruses

ISSN: 1999-4915 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses

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