Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31003196›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2019

Current status of small molecule drug development for Ebola virus and other filoviruses.

Megan R Edwards, Christopher F Basler

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in virology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Conserved Filovirus Proteins as Targets of Broad-Spectrum Antivirals.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  5. Marburg Virus Disease: A Narrative Review.Health science reports · 2025
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  8. Pseudotyped Viruses for Marburgvirus and Ebolavirus.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  15. Anno 2021: Which antivirals for the coming decade?Annual reports in medicinal chemistry · 2021
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan R EdwardsCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, United States.
Christopher F BaslerCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, United States. Electronic address: cbasler@gsu.edu.
Georgia State University · US

Funding

Virology BSL4 CoreP01AI120943 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Gaya K. Amarasinghe · 2016 to 2026
$30.2M
Therapeutics Targeting Filoviral interferon-antagonist and replication functionsU19AI109664 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BASLER, CHRISTOPHER F · 2014 to 2018
$15.8M
Small Molecule Inhibitors of Ebola Virus Polymerase FunctionR01AI125453 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BASLER, CHRISTOPHER F · 2017 to 2021
$4.3M
Multi-platform High Throughput Screens for Filoviral Replication InhibitorsR01AI123926 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AMARASINGHE, GAYA K. · 2016 to 2018
$2.1M
DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND OPTIMIZATION OF HTS SCREENS TARGETING NIPAH AND HENDRA VIRUS RNA SYNTHESISR56AI127835 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AMARASINGHE, GAYA K., BASLER, CHRISTOPHER F · 2017 to 2017
$534k
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI120943NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123926NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125453NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI127835NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The filovirus family includes some of the deadliest viruses known, including Ebola virus and Marburg virus. These viruses cause periodic outbreaks of severe disease that can be spread from person to person, making the filoviruses important public health threats. There remains a need for approved drugs that target all or most members of this virus family. Small molecule inhibitors that target conserved functions hold promise as pan-filovirus therapeutics. To date, compounds that effectively target virus entry, genome replication, gene expression, and virus egress have been described. The most advanced inhibitors are nucleoside analogs that target viral RNA synthesis reactions.

Indexed as

Drug DevelopmentAnimalsAntiviral AgentsClinical Trials as TopicEbolavirusFiloviridaeFiloviridae InfectionsHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansSmall Molecule LibrariesVirus InternalizationVirus ReleaseAntiviral AgentsSmall Molecule Libraries

Identifiers

PMID31003196
PMCPMC6556423
OpenAlexW2936057480

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