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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Future Microbiol. 2011 Dec;6(12):1429–1441. doi: 10.2217/fmb.11.132

Table 2.

Compounds active in animal models of arenaviral HF

Compound Known/suspected
drug target
Structure Infection model(s) Selected
references
ST-193 Fusion Small molecule LASV guinea pig [31]
ST-294 Fusion Small molecule TCRV mousea [28]
Favipiravir (T-705) Viral polymerase Pyrazine derivative PICV guinea pig, PICV
hamster
[38-40]
Stampidine Viral polymerase Nucleoside analog LASV mouseb [46]
5-Fluorouracil Mutagen Base analog LCMV mousec [43]
Genistein General kinase
inhibitor
Isoflavone PIRV hamster [51]
MY-24 SAH hydrolase Aristermoycin
derivative
TCRV mouse [25]
Bavituximab Phosphatidylserine Monoclonal antibody PICV guinea pig [63]
E567 TLR2 signaling Small molecule LCMV moused [66]
DEF201 IFN pathway Adenovirus-vectored
IFN
PICV hamster [61]
Infergen IFN pathway Consensus IFN PICV hamster [59, 60]
a

TCRV infection of newborn mice

b

CBA mice challenged by intracerebral injection of LASV

c

LCMV persistent infection in B- and T-cell-deficient mice

d

LCMV-Armstrong infection of mice

S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, SAH.