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ReviewJournal of medical virology2019

Perspectives towards antiviral drug discovery against Ebola virus.

Muhammad Usman Mirza, Michiel Vanmeert, Amjad Ali, Kanzal Iman, Matheus Froeyen, Muhammad Idrees

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Review in Journal of medical virology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad Usman MirzaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, REGA Institute for Medical Research, Medicinal Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9120-2414
Michiel VanmeertDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, REGA Institute for Medical Research, Medicinal Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5810-4935
Amjad AliDepartment of Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-5858-9565
Kanzal ImanBiomedical Informatics Research Laboratory (BIRL), Department of Biology, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan.
Matheus FroeyenDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, REGA Institute for Medical Research, Medicinal Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Muhammad IdreesMolecular Virology Laboratory, Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Rega Institute for Medical Research · BEUniversity of the Punjab · PKLahore University of Management Sciences · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ebola virus disease (EVD), caused by Ebola viruses, resulted in more than 11 500 deaths according to a recent 2018 WHO report. With mortality rates up to 90%, it is nowadays one of the most deadly infectious diseases. However, no Food and Drug Administration-approved Ebola drugs or vaccines are available yet with the mainstay of therapy being supportive care. The high fatality rate and absence of effective treatment or vaccination make Ebola virus a category-A biothreat pathogen. Fortunately, a series of investigational countermeasures have been developed to control and prevent this global threat. This review summarizes the recent therapeutic advances and ongoing research progress from research and development to clinical trials in the development of small-molecule antiviral drugs, small-interference RNA molecules, phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers, full-length monoclonal antibodies, and vaccines. Moreover, difficulties are highlighted in the search for effective countermeasures against EVD with additional focus on the interplay between available in silico prediction methods and their evidenced potential in antiviral drug discovery.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntiviral AgentsClinical Trials as TopicDisease Models, AnimalDisease OutbreaksEbolavirusHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansMacaca mulattaMiceRNA, Small InterferingAntibodies, MonoclonalAntiviral AgentsRNA, Small InterferingadvancementantiviraldiscoverydrugsEbola virusin silico methodstherapeutic

Identifiers

PMID30431654
PMCPMC7166701
OpenAlexW2901233370

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