Therapeutic mitigation of measles-like immune amnesia and exacerbated disease after prior respiratory virus infections in ferrets
R. K. Plemper, R. Cox, J. D. Wolf, N. A. P. Lieberman, C. M. Lieber, H.-J. Kang, Z. M. Sticher, J.-J. Yoon, M. K. Andrews, M. Govindarajan, R. E. Krueger, E. B. Sobolik, M. G. Natchus, A. Gewirtz, R. deSwart, , A. L. Greninger
This study shows that prior respiratory virus infections worsen measles severity in ferrets and that antiviral treatment can mitigate immune amnesia and disease outcomes regardless of treatment timing.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2023Microbiology