QTc interval prolongation during favipiravir therapy in an Ebolavirus-infected patient

Pierangelo Chinello; Nicola Petrosillo; Silvia Pittalis; Gianluigi Biava; Giuseppe Ippolito; Emanuele Nicastri; on behalf of the INMI Ebola Team

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006034

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QTc interval prolongation during favipiravir therapy in an Ebolavirus-infected patient

Pierangelo Chinello ,

¶‡ Authors SP, GB, and GI contributed equally to preparing the case discussion and reviewed the manuscript. Authors PC, NP, and EN contributed equally to preparing the case report.

Affiliation Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7341-9000

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Nicola Petrosillo ,

¶‡ Authors SP, GB, and GI contributed equally to preparing the case discussion and reviewed the manuscript. Authors PC, NP, and EN contributed equally to preparing the case report.

Affiliation Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Silvia Pittalis ,

¶‡ Authors SP, GB, and GI contributed equally to preparing the case discussion and reviewed the manuscript. Authors PC, NP, and EN contributed equally to preparing the case report.

Affiliation Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Gianluigi Biava ,

¶‡ Authors SP, GB, and GI contributed equally to preparing the case discussion and reviewed the manuscript. Authors PC, NP, and EN contributed equally to preparing the case report.

Affiliation Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Giuseppe Ippolito ,

¶‡ Authors SP, GB, and GI contributed equally to preparing the case discussion and reviewed the manuscript. Authors PC, NP, and EN contributed equally to preparing the case report.

Affiliation Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Emanuele Nicastri ,

* E-mail: emanuele.nicastri@inmi.it

¶‡ Authors SP, GB, and GI contributed equally to preparing the case discussion and reviewed the manuscript. Authors PC, NP, and EN contributed equally to preparing the case report.

Affiliation Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5606-8712

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on behalf of the INMI Ebola Team

¶Membership of the INMI Ebola Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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QTc interval prolongation during favipiravir therapy in an Ebolavirus-infected patient

Pierangelo Chinello,
Nicola Petrosillo,
Silvia Pittalis,
Gianluigi Biava,
Giuseppe Ippolito,
Emanuele Nicastri,
on behalf of the INMI Ebola Team

Published: December 28, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006034

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