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Levofloxacin Cures Experimental Pneumonic Plague in African Green Monkeys
BACKGROUND: Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, is considered a potential bioweapon due to rapid lethality when delivered as an aerosol. Levofloxacin was tested for primary pneumonic plague treatment in a nonhuman primate model mimicking human disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-four African Gree...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21347450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000959 |