[Newsdesk] Research brief

Findings from a study done in 12 cynomolgus macaques suggest that common immune responses to Ebola virus could serve as an early marker for infection. The monkeys, which were infected intranasally with Ebola virus, presented with varying times to disease onset, but about 4 days before fever began in each one, researchers noticed a distinctive upregulation of interferon-stimulating genes. Comparison with data from the 2014 –16 Ebola outbreak in Guinea showed activation of the same genes, in the same order, in human beings.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: research