A multicenter non-randomized, uncontrolled single arm trial for evaluation of the efficacy and the safety of the treatment with favipiravir for patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a bunyavirus infection with high mortality. Favipiravir has shown effectiveness in preventing and treating SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection in animal models. A multicenter non-randomized, uncontrolled single arm trial was conducted to collect data on...

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Main Authors: Koichiro Suemori, Masayuki Saijo, Atsushi Yamanaka, Daisuke Himeji, Masafumi Kawamura, Takashi Haku, Michihiro Hidaka, Chinatsu Kamikokuryo, Yasuyuki Kakihana, Taichi Azuma, Katsuto Takenaka, Toru Takahashi, Akitsugu Furumoto, Toshiyuki Ishimaru, Masayuki Ishida, Masahiko Kaneko, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Kenichi Ikeda, Shigetoshi Sakabe, Tomohiro Taniguchi, Hiroki Ohge, Takeshi Kurosu, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Masayuki Shimojima, Masaki Yasukawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009103