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ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
卷 54, 期 3, 页码 129-142出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3542(01)00220-0
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cowpox virus; orthopoxvirus; smallpox; cidofovir; HPMPC; cyclic HPMPC; aerosol; antiviral therapy
The Brighton strain of cowpox virus causes lethal bronchopneumonia when delivered as a small-particle (1 mum) aerosol to weanling BALB/c mice. We showed previously that this disease can be prevented or cured with one subcutaneous injection of cidofovir (HPMPC, Vistide(R)). To determine whether even better results Could be obtained by delivering the drug directly to the respiratory tract, we administered cidofovir by small-particle aqueous aerosol before or after aerosolized cowpox infection. In a series of five experiments, aerosol doses of 0.5-5 mg/kg were always more effective than 25 mg/kg and sometimes more effective than 100 mg/kg injected subcutaneously, as measured by changes in body and lung weight, lung viral titers, pulmonary pathology and survival. A cyclic analog ((1-[(S)-2-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,4,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)methyl] cytosine) (cHPMPC) was less protective. The results suggest that aerosolized cidofovir would be effective for prophylaxis or early post-exposure therapy of human smallpox or monkeypox virus infection. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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