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ArticleScientific reports2017

Post-exposure treatment of non-human primates lethally infected with Ebola virus with EBOTAb, a purified ovine IgG product.

Stuart D Dowall, Frédéric Jacquot, John Landon, Emma Rayner, Graham Hall, Caroline Carbonnelle, Hervé Raoul, Delphine Pannetier, Ian Cameron, Ruth Coxon and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Stuart D DowallNational Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JG, UK.
Frédéric JacquotLaboratoire P4, INSERM Jean Merieux, 21 Avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, France.
John LandonMicroPharm Ltd, Station Road, Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed, SA38 9BY, UK.
Emma RaynerNational Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JG, UK.
Graham HallNational Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JG, UK.
Caroline CarbonnelleLaboratoire P4, INSERM Jean Merieux, 21 Avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, France.
Hervé RaoulLaboratoire P4, INSERM Jean Merieux, 21 Avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, France.
Delphine PannetierLaboratoire P4, INSERM Jean Merieux, 21 Avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, France.
Ian CameronMicroPharm Ltd, Station Road, Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed, SA38 9BY, UK.
Ruth CoxonMicroPharm Ltd, Station Road, Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed, SA38 9BY, UK.
Ibrahim Al AbdullaMicroPharm Ltd, Station Road, Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed, SA38 9BY, UK.
Roger HewsonNational Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JG, UK.
Miles W CarrollNational Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JG, UK. miles.carroll@phe.gov.uk.
Public Health England · GBInserm · FRLe Laboratoire P4 Inserm Jean Mérieux · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite sporadic outbreaks of Ebola virus (EBOV) over the last 4 decades and the recent public health emergency in West Africa, there are still no approved vaccines or therapeutics for the treatment of acute EBOV disease (EVD). In response to the 2014 outbreak, an ovine immunoglobulin therapy was developed, termed EBOTAb. After promising results in the guinea pig model of EBOV infection, EBOTAb was tested in the cynomolgus macaque non-human primate model of lethal EBOV infection. To ensure stringent therapeutic testing conditions to replicate likely clinical usage, EBOTAb was first delivered 1, 2 or 3 days post-challenge with a lethal dose of EBOV. Results showed a protective effect of EBOTAb given post-exposurally, with survival rates decreasing with increasing time after challenge. Viremia results demonstrated that EBOTAb resulted in a decreased circulation of EBOV in the bloodstream. Additionally, assay of liver enzymes and histology analysis of local tissues identified differences between EBOTAb-treated and untreated groups. The results presented demonstrate that EBOTAb conferred protection against EBOV when given post-exposure and should be explored and developed further as a potential intervention strategy for future outbreaks, which are likely to occur.

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AnimalsAntibodies, ViralBiomarkersDisease Models, AnimalEbolavirusHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaImmunoglobulin GImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier EstimateLiverMacaca fascicularisMalePost-Exposure ProphylaxisPrimatesRNA, ViralTime FactorsAntibodies, ViralBiomarkersImmunoglobulin GRNA, Viral

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PMID28642489
PMCPMC5481440
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