ISSN:
1574-695X
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Biologie
,
Medizin
Notizen:
The antiviral efficacy of interferons (IFNs) was evaluated using a vaccinia intranasal infection model in mice in this study. We provide evidence that intranasal administration of IFN-α and IFN-γ (days −1 to +3) resulted in 100 and 90% survival against a lethal respiratory vaccinia infection (8 LD50) in mice, respectively; whereas no animals in the placebo group survived through the study period (21 days). The IFN treatment consisted of a single daily dose of 5×103 U per mouse for 5 consecutive days. The efficacy of IFN-γ was evident even when the IFN-γ treatments started 1–2 days after infection and when a lower dose (2×103 U per mouse) was used. The treatment of IFN-α and IFN-γ reduced the virus titers in the lungs of infected mice by 1000–10,000-fold, when the administration started 1 day after infection. Our data suggest that IFN-α and IFN-γ are effective in protecting vaccinia-infected mice from viral replication in lungs and mortality, and may be beneficial in other human orthopoxvirus infections.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00358-4
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