A recent study by researchers as reported in Nature ZMapp use in Rhesus macques resulted in 100 percent recovery following treatment with the drug after infection .ZMapp ,is developed by Mapp Biopharmaceuticals which gained exposure after it was used to treat Dr.knet brantly and Nancy writebol , 2 doctors from USA who showed sings of recovery after receiving the drug ,ZMapp after getting infected with Ebola virus in Liberia.
ZMapp acts as a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies that bind and inactivate the Ebola virus by recognizing the infected cells and stimulate the immune system to attack and kill them
According to the study ,a research team administered 3 doses of the drug at three day intervals starting on 3/4/5th day after infection with virus. Surprisingly all the animals showed reversal of symptoms of Ebola virus(rashes,excessive bleeding etc).Those animals which were not given ZMapp died from infection by day 8.