Identification and evaluation of the inhibitory effect of Prunella vulgaris extract on SARS-coronavirus 2 virus entry

• Zhujun Ao,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Molecular Human Retrovirology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Mable Chan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Maggie Jing Ouyang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Molecular Human Retrovirology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Titus Abiola Olukitibi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Molecular Human Retrovirology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Mona Mahmoudi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Molecular Human Retrovirology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3200-9638

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• Darwyn Kobasa,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Xiaojian Yao

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xiao-jian.yao@umanitoba.ca

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Molecular Human Retrovirology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5022-1309

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