Affiliation:
1. Saint Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Abstract
Despite the obvious advances in vaccination and therapy, influenza remains a poorly controlled infection with high morbidity and mortality. This study examined the antiviral activity of interferon inducer Kagocel on a mouse model of lethal influenza pneumonia. It has been shown that the therapeutic and prophylactic use of Kagocel leads to a dose-dependent decrease in specific mortality and suppression of virus reproduction in lung tissue. The effect of Kagocel was statistically identical to the effect of the reference drug — Arbidol (umifenovir).
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Medicine,Microbiology
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