Characterization of Reston virus infection in ferrets.
Ebolavirus
Ferret
Lethal disease
Reston virus
Journal
Antiviral research
ISSN: 1872-9096
Titre abrégé: Antiviral Res
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8109699
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2019
05 2019
Historique:
received:
09
12
2018
revised:
28
02
2019
accepted:
01
03
2019
pubmed:
6
3
2019
medline:
9
4
2020
entrez:
6
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Among the five currently recognized type viruses within the genus Ebolavirus, Reston virus (RESTV) is not known to cause disease in humans, although asymptomatic infections have been confirmed in the past. Intriguingly, despite the absence of pathogenicity in humans, RESTV is highly lethal to nonhuman primates and has been isolated from domestic pigs co-infected with other viruses in the Philippines and China. Whether infection in these animals can support the eventual emergence of a human-pathogenic RESTV remains unclear and requires further investigation. Unfortunately, there is currently no lethal small animal model available to investigate RESTV pathogenicity or pan-ebolavirus therapeutics. Here we show that wild type RESTV is uniformly lethal in ferrets. In this study, ferrets were challenged with 1260 TCID
Identifiants
pubmed: 30836107
pii: S0166-3542(18)30730-7
doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.03.001
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1-10Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : U19 AI109762
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
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