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Ribavirin as a curative and prophylactic agent against foot and mouth disease virus infection in C57BL/6 suckling and adult mice model.

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Title Ribavirin as a curative and prophylactic agent against foot and mouth disease virus infection in C57BL/6 suckling and adult mice model.
 
Creator Nikunjkumar P, Tamil Selvan RP, Bhanuprakash V.
 
Subject Antiviral; C57BL/6 mice; Foot-and-mouth disease virus; Mouse model; Ribavirin; Toxicity
 
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Despite the availability of control measures for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the application of antiviral agents is imperative due to certain limitations in the prevention and control of FMD. This study pertains to systematic in vivo investigation of ribavirin as a prophylactic/curative agent, both in suckling and adult C57BL/6 mice against foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) infection. In the adult mice, antiviral efficacy was assessed based on standard clinical score, body weight, and viral load. Only 13.33 to 33.33% of adult mice exhibited disease-specific symptoms following treatment and infection and vice versa, respectively, indicating the antiviral efficacy of the ribavirin. Further, the distribution of virus in different vital organs following ribavirin treatment and virus infection, and vice versa using SYBR green-based real-time PCR is reported. In the blood sample, the viral RNA was detected as early as two days post-infection and there was a significant reduction in virus titer (1000 to 10,000-folds) in the treatment groups compared to the infection control group. Animals receiving ribavirin had significantly lower organ virus titers at 2, 4, 6, 9, and 14 days post-challenge (dpc) than placebo-treated. In suckling mice, the treatment groups were 100% protected/cured compared to the control group. Thus, our data demonstrate that ribavirin may provide a feasible therapeutic approach to prevent as well as to treat FMDV infection.
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Date 2023-05-12T05:05:46Z
2023-05-12T05:05:46Z
2021-10-20
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/77188
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Springer