Developing therapeutic approaches for twenty-first-century emerging infectious viral diseases

RM Meganck, RS Baric - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The twenty-first century has already recorded more than ten major epidemic or pandemic
virus emergence events, including the ongoing and devastating coronavirus disease 2019 …

Rotavirus infection

SE Crawford, S Ramani, JE Tate… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Rotavirus infections are a leading cause of severe, dehydrating gastroenteritis in children< 5
years of age. Despite the global introduction of vaccinations for rotavirus over a decade ago …

Viral gastroenteritis

K Bányai, MK Estes, V Martella, UD Parashar - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Enteric viruses, particularly rotaviruses and noroviruses, are a leading cause of
gastroenteritis worldwide. Rotaviruses primarily affect young children, accounting for almost …

[HTML][HTML] Nitazoxanide: a first-in-class broad-spectrum antiviral agent

JF Rossignol - Antiviral research, 2014 - Elsevier
Originally developed and commercialized as an antiprotozoal agent, nitazoxanide was later
identified as a first-in-class broad-spectrum antiviral drug and has been repurposed for the …

The global problem of childhood diarrhoeal diseases: emerging strategies in prevention and management

M Mokomane, I Kasvosve, E Melo… - Therapeutic …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute diarrhoeal diseases remain a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality
particularly among young children in resource-limited countries. Recent large studies …

[HTML][HTML] Rotaviruses

U Desselberger - Virus research, 2014 - Elsevier
Recent advances of rotavirus (RV) basic and applied research are reviewed. They consist of
determination of the RV particle structure and functions of structural proteins, classification …

[HTML][HTML] Drug repurposing of nitazoxanide: can it be an effective therapy for COVID-19?

DB Mahmoud, Z Shitu, A Mostafa - Journal of Genetic Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The current outbreak of pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
aggravates serious need for effective therapeutics. Over recent years, drug repurposing has …

Niclosamide is a proton carrier and targets acidic endosomes with broad antiviral effects

A Jurgeit, R McDowell, S Moese, E Meldrum… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Viruses use a limited set of host pathways for infection. These pathways represent bona fide
antiviral targets with low likelihood of viral resistance. We identified the salicylanilide …

Drug repurposing: the anthelmintics niclosamide and nitazoxanide are potent TMEM16A antagonists that fully bronchodilate airways

K Miner, K Labitzke, B Liu, P Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
There is an unmet need in severe asthma where approximately 40% of patients exhibit poor
β-agonist responsiveness, suffer daily symptoms and show frequent exacerbations …

Diagnosis, management, and prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children

UD Parashar, EAS Nelson, G Kang - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe childhood gastroenteritis. Each year, rotavirus is
responsible for about 25 million clinic visits, two million hospital admissions, and 180 000 …