| Literature DB >> 29017278 |
Vanessa N Raabe1, Gerrit Kann2, Bruce S Ribner1, Andres Morales3, Jay B Varkey1, Aneesh K Mehta1, G Marshall Lyon1, Sharon Vanairsdale4, Kelly Faber5, Stephan Becker6, Markus Eickmann6, Thomas Strecker6, Shelley Brown7, Ketan Patel7, Philipp De Leuw2, Gundolf Schuettfort2, Christoph Stephan2, Holger Rabenau8, John D Klena7, Pierre E Rollin7, Anita McElroy7, Ute Ströher7, Stuart Nichol7, Colleen S Kraft1,9, Timo Wolf2.
Abstract
Two patients with Lassa fever are described who are the first human cases treated with a combination of ribavirin and favipiravir. Both patients survived but developed transaminitis and had prolonged detectable virus RNA in blood and semen, suggesting that the possibility of sexual transmission of Lassa virus should be considered.Entities:
Keywords: Lassa; Togo; favipiravir; ribavirin
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29017278 PMCID: PMC5682919 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix406
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079