| Literature DB >> 25673711 |
Anja Lüdtke1, Lisa Oestereich2, Paula Ruibal1, Stephanie Wurr2, Elisa Pallasch2, Sabrina Bockholt2, Wing Hang Ip3, Toni Rieger2, Sergio Gómez-Medina3, Carol Stocking3, Estefanía Rodríguez3, Stephan Günther2, César Muñoz-Fontela4.
Abstract
The development of treatments for Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been hampered by the lack of small-animal models that mimick human disease. Here we show that mice with transplanted human hematopoetic stem cells reproduce features typical of EVD. Infection with Ebola virus was associated with viremia, cell damage, liver steatosis, signs of hemorrhage, and high lethality. Our study provides a small-animal model with human components for the development of EVD therapies.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25673711 PMCID: PMC4442348 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03546-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103