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SUBMITTER: Sokolova AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194496 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sokolova Anastasiya S AS Yarovaya Olga I OI Bormotov Nikolay I NI Shishkina Larisa N LN Salakhutdinov Nariman F NF
MedChemComm 20180919 10
The <i>Orthopoxvirus</i> genus belongs to the Poxviridae family and includes variola virus (smallpox), cowpox virus, monkeypox virus and vaccinia virus (VV). Smallpox is considered one of the great epidemic disease scourges in human history. It has currently been eradicated; however, it remains a considerable threat as a biowarfare or bioterrorist weapon. The poxvirus, VV, serves as a model virus from which new antiviral therapies against <i>Orthopoxviruses</i> can be identified. Here, a series ...[more]