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对于自去年以来在中东和欧洲引起恐慌的中东呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒(即新型冠状病毒),至今仍未开发出有效疗法。美国研究人员8日建议说,可尝试利巴韦林和干扰素α-2b两种药物联用的疗法,该方法在动物试验中被证实有效。利巴韦林和干扰素α-2b是两种强抗病毒制剂,常用于治疗丙肝。此前一项研究表明,这两种药在培养皿中能够抑制新型冠状病毒的复制。为进一步确定这两种药的效果,美国国家卫生研究院研究人员利用恒河猴进行试验。恒河猴感染新型冠状病毒后表现出近似人类患者的症状,成
No effective treatment has been developed for MERS-CoV (new coronavirus), which has panicked in the Middle East and Europe since last year. US researchers on the 8th suggested that ribavirin and interferon α-2b can try two kinds of combination therapy, the method proved effective in animal experiments. Ribavirin and interferon alpha-2b are two strong antiviral agents commonly used to treat hepatitis C. A previous study showed that both drugs can inhibit the replication of novel coronavirus in petri dishes. To further determine the efficacy of both drugs, NIH researchers used rhesus macaques for testing. Rhesus monkey infection with the new coronavirus showed similar symptoms of human patients, into