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SUBMITTER: King LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6611554 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
King Liam B LB Milligan Jacob C JC West Brandyn R BR Schendel Sharon L SL Ollmann Saphire Erica E
Current opinion in virology 20190201
Filoviruses are the causative agents of highly lethal outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa. Although an experimental vaccine and several therapeutics are being deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo to combat the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak, these therapies are specific for only one filovirus species. There is currently significant interest in developing broadly reactive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with utility against the variety of ebolaviruses that may emerge. Thus far, the primary target ...[more]