UW News
Angela Rasmussen
September 10, 2013
Two common drugs may help treat deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
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A combination of interferon-alpha 2b and ribavirin, drugs routinely given for hepatitis C, may be an effective treatment for the coronovirus that causes this new disease.