[D]octors without Borders (M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res or MSF) will begin trials of three therapies starting next month in West Africa. Here’s how those trials will break down:<\/p>\n

The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) will use the\u00a0antiviral drug favipiravir<\/strong> in Gu\u00e9ck\u00e9dou, Guinea.<\/p>\n

The Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) will use\u00a0convalescent whole blood and plasma therapy<\/strong>\u00a0[blood from Ebola survivors] at the Donka Ebola center in Conakry, Guinea.<\/p>\n

The University of Oxford will lead, on behalf of the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC), a Wellcome Trust-funded trial of the antiviral drug brincidofovir<\/strong> at a site yet to be determined.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire report via allAfrica.com: West Africa: First Trials for Ebola Treatments to Start at MSF Sites in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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