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Lian Dong

Researcher at United States Department of the Army

Publications -  11
Citations -  1706

Lian Dong is an academic researcher from United States Department of the Army. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ebola virus & Virus. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 11 publications receiving 1495 citations. Previous affiliations of Lian Dong include United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

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Advanced antisense therapies for postexposure protection against lethal filovirus infections

TL;DR: Administration of positively charged phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMOplus), delivered by various dosing strategies initiated 30–60 min after infection, protects >60% of rhesus monkeys against lethal Zaire Ebola virus (ZEBOV) and 100% of cynomolgus monkeysagainst Lake Victoria Marburg virus (MARV) infection.
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Infectious Lassa Virus, but Not Filoviruses, Is Restricted by BST-2/Tetherin

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that BST-2 might be a broad antiviral factor with the ability to restrict release of a wide variety of human pathogens, however, at least filoviruses, RVFV, and CPXV are immune to its inhibitory effect.
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Efficacy of favipiravir (T-705) in nonhuman primates infected with Ebola virus or Marburg virus.

TL;DR: Favipiravir is a broad‐spectrum antiviral agent that has demonstrated efficacy against Ebola virus (EBOV) in rodents and in vivo efficacy against two filoviruses, EBOV and Marburg virus (MARV), and its pharmacokinetic profile is evaluated.