Development and characterization of two GP-specific monoclonal antibodies, which synergistically protect non-human primates against Ebola lethal infection.

Ebola fever is an acute highly contagious viral disease characterized by severe course, high mortality and development of hemorrhagic syndrome (tendency to skin hemorrhage and bleeding of mucous membranes). The mortality rate of the disease 60-90%. Nowadays, there are no licensed specific therapeutic agents for Ebola in the world.