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SUBMITTER: Honko AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5517626 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Honko Anna N AN Johnson Joshua C JC Marchand Jonathan S JS Huzella Louis L Adams Ricky D RD Oberlander Nicholas N Torzewski Lisa M LM Bennett Richard S RS Hensley Lisa E LE Jahrling Peter B PB Olinger Gene G GG
Scientific reports 20170719 1
The recent epidemic of Ebola virus disease in West Africa resulted in an unprecedented number of cases and deaths. Due to the scope of the outbreak combined with the lack of available approved treatment options, there was strong motivation to investigate any potential drug which had existing data reporting anti-Ebola activity. Drugs with demonstrated antiviral activity in the nonhuman primate models already approved for another indication or for which there was existing safety data were consider ...[more]