Containing the contagion: treating the virus that inspired the film

Sci Transl Med. 2011 Oct 19;3(105):105fs6. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003245.

Abstract

Postexposure passive immunotherapy protects African green monkeys from lethal challenge with Contagion-related Hendra virus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Hendra Virus / drug effects
  • Hendra Virus / genetics
  • Hendra Virus / pathogenicity*
  • Henipavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Henipavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Henipavirus Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Nipah Virus / drug effects
  • Nipah Virus / genetics
  • Nipah Virus / pathogenicity*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents