Efficacy of T-705 (Favipiravir) in the Treatment of Infections with Lethal Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), caused by SFTS virus (SFTSV), is a recently identified emerging viral infectious disease. Despite the medical importance of this disease, there are currently neither vaccines nor effective therapeutics for SFTS. T-705, which is a pyrazine derivativ...

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Main Authors: Tani, Hideki, Fukuma, Aiko, Fukushi, Shuetsu, Taniguchi, Satoshi, Yoshikawa, Tomoki, Iwata-Yoshikawa, Naoko, Sato, Yuko, Suzuki, Tadaki, Nagata, Noriyo, Hasegawa, Hideki, Kawai, Yasuhiro, Uda, Akihiko, Morikawa, Shigeru, Shimojima, Masayuki, Watanabe, Haruo, Saijo, Masayuki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4863605/