Favipiravir and Ribavirin Treatment of Epidemiologically Linked Cases of Lassa Fever
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
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.
Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix406
Authors: Vanessa N Raabe, Gerrit Kann, Bruce S Ribner, Andres Morales, Jay B Varkey, Aneesh K Mehta, G Marshall Lyon, Sharon Vanairsdale, Kelly Faber, Stephan Becker, Markus Eickmann, Thomas Strecker, Shelley Brown, Ketan Patel, Philipp De Leuw, Gundolf Schuettfort, Christoph Stephan, Holger Rabenau, John D Klena, Pierre E Rollin, Anita McElroy, Ute Ströher, Stuart Nichol, Colleen S Kraft, Timo Wolf, for the Emory Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, Sonia Bell, Catherine Maloney, Pam Cosper, Nancye Feistritzer, John Lewin, Bryce Gartland, Ira Horowitz, David Pugh, Chad Ritenour, Jerry Lewis, David Hatcher, Linda Scott-Harris, Lynne Ometer, Kip Hardy, Jeff Broughton, Robert Jackson, Samantha Thomas, Toni Ash, Christopher Barnes, Jamie Breedlove, Bob Bridgman, Lane Darragh, Tracey Daye, Dustin Hillis, Crystal Johnson, Julie-Ann Johnson, Danni LaFond, Courtney Lyons, Josia Mamora, Anna McCord, Samantha McDaniel, Haley Morgan, Jill Morgan, Alexander Sanchez, Marissa Simon, Jason Slabach, Kevin Tirado, Sally Watkins, Terrica Wilson, Ken Logan, Juli Buchanan, Eileen Burd, John Cardella, Brenda Eaves, Crystal Evans, Charles Hill, Doris Igwe, Karen Jenkins, Maureen Lindsey, Jordan Magee, Stacy McCarthy, Randall Powers, James Ritchie, Jan Pack, Susan Rogers, Patricia Olinger, Kalpana Rengarajan, Scott Thomaston, Esmeralda Meyer, Emily Beck, Paula Desroches, Cynthia Hall, Celeste Walker, Esther Baker, Betsy Hackman, Jeff Broughton, Robert Jackson, Jerry Lewis, Robin Brown-Haithco, Faith Richardson, Art Krasilovsky, ClevevoyaArt Krasilovsky Jordan, Sue Matthews, Marilyn Hazzard Lineberger, Paula G Gomes, Gentrice McGee, Porcia Jones, Linda Scott-Harris, James Cain, Roderick Davis, Tyrone Johnson, Tyrone Pickett, Anthony Shaw, Tenina Truesdale, Alex Isakov, Sam Shartar, Wade Miles, Aaron Jamison, John Arevalo, Gail Stallings, Janet Christenbury, Vince Dollard, Melanie De Gennaro, Holly Korschun, Tom Ziegler, Daniel P Griffith, Nisha Dave
Language: English
Topic: Viral Infections and Vectors
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G7543494365
OpenAlex ID: W2636610941