Journal: mBio
Article Title: Effective treatment of advanced Oropouche virus, Rift Valley fever virus, and Dabie bandavirus infections with 4'-fluorouridine
doi: 10.1128/mbio.01467-25
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of 4′-FlU on survival outcome and body weights of mice treated prophylactically and challenged with RVFV, DBV, or OROV. Animals in each group were treated p.o., QD with the indicated dose of 4′-FlU, placebo, or positive control drug ( n = 10, unless otherwise indicated) initiated within 2 h of each infection. ( A ) BALB/c mice challenged with RVFV, ( B ) Ifnar -/- mice challenged with DBV, and ( C ) Ifnar -/- mice challenged with OROV. The weight data are represented as the group mean and standard error of the percent change in weight of surviving animals relative to their starting weights on the day of virus challenge. Solid symbols in the single-day RVFV weight loss graph represent the same animals in . Sham-infected (MEM only) normal control animals ( n = 4) are shown for comparison. Blue-shaded areas denote the treatment durations. **** P < 0.0001, *** P < 0.001, ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05 compared with animals that received the placebo.
Article Snippet: Varying concentrations of 4′-FlU (Emory Institute for Drug Development), ribavirin (ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), or favipiravir (TargetMol) were added to quadruplicate test wells containing 70%–80% confluent Vero 76 (RVFV) or Vero E6 (DBV and OROV) cells just prior to infection at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of approximately 0.002.
Techniques: Positive Control, Infection, Virus, Control, Comparison