The paper is available for anyone to read here, worth noting it has not been edited yet as they rushed to make it open access prior to formal publication.
Taking a quick read through it does sound interesting as it was significant in not just hamsters, but in retrospective cohorts too. But the authors do acknowledge people shouldn't start using this for prophylaxis until prospective clinical trials are performed.
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The paper is available for anyone to read here, worth noting it has not been edited yet as they rushed to make it open access prior to formal publication.
Taking a quick read through it does sound interesting as it was significant in not just hamsters, but in retrospective cohorts too. But the authors do acknowledge people shouldn't start using this for prophylaxis until prospective clinical trials are performed.