Efficacious therapeutics for Ebola virus disease are in great demand. Ebola virus infections mediated by mucosal exposure, and aerosolization in particular, present a novel challenge due to nontypical massive early infection of respiratory lymphoid tissues. We performed a randomized and blinded study to compare outcomes from vehicle-treated and remdesivir-treated rhesus monkeys in a lethal model of infection resulting from aerosolized Ebola virus exposure. Remdesivir treatment initiated 4 days after exposure was associated with a significant survival benefit, significant reduction in serum viral titer, and improvements in clinical pathology biomarker levels and lung histology compared to vehicle treatment. These observations indicate that remdesivir may have value in countering aerosol-induced Ebola virus disease.
【저자키워드】 Infectious diseases, Microbiology, Virology, Ebola virus, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, pathology, Biomarker, Infection, Remdesivir, lung, outcome, improvement, Randomized, serum, Ebola virus disease, survival, histology, early infection, observation, mucosal exposure, lymphoid tissues, viral titer, benefit, Rhesus monkey, resulting, performed, blinded, initiated, reduction in, Ebola virus infection, 【제목키워드】 Rhesus monkey,