Favipiravir and Ribavirin Treatment of Epidemiologically Linked Cases of Lassa Fever.

ABSTRACT: Two patients with Lassa fever are described who are the first human cases treated with a combination of ribavirin and favipiravir. Both patients survived but developed transaminitis and had prolonged detectable virus RNA in blood and semen, suggesting that the possibility of sexual transmission of Lassa virus should be considered.

SUBMITTER: Raabe VN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682919 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature