Favipiravir treatment prolongs the survival in a lethal mouse model intracerebrally inoculated with Jamestown Canyon virus.

• Main Authors: Hirofumi Kato (Author), Mutsuyo Takayama-Ito (Author), Masaaki Satoh (Author), Madoka Kawahara (Author), Satoshi Kitaura (Author), Tomoki Yoshikawa (Author), Shuetsu Fukushi (Author), Nozomi Nakajima (Author), Takashi Komeno (Author), Yousuke Furuta (Author), Masayuki Saijo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) is a mosquito-borne orthobunyavirus that causes acute febrile illness, meningitis, and meningoencephalitis, primarily in North American adults. Currently, there are no available vaccines or specific treatments against JCV infections.<h4&...