Zika virus -- Mexico
Highlights
- Ribavirin inhibits ZIKV replication in mammalian cells.
- Ribavirin prevents ZIKV-induced apoptosis and cell death.
- Ribavirin administration abrogates viremia in ZIKV-infected STAT1-deficient mice.
- Leading to a prolonged survival.
Abstract
Zika fever, a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by Zika virus (ZIKV), is an epidemic disease for which no effective therapy has been established. The recent outbreaks of ZIKV in Brazil and French Polynesia have been linked to a
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