The lipopeptide Pam₃CSK₄ inhibits Rift Valley fever virus infection and protects from encephalitis

• Trevor Griesman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Cynthia M. McMillen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Seble Getenet Negatu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Unites States of America

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• Jesse J. Hulahan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Kanupriya Whig,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation High throughput screening core, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Lenka Dohnalová,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Unites States of America

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• Mark Dittmar,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Christoph A. Thaiss,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Unites States of America

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• Kellie A. Jurado,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Unites States of America

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• David C. Schultz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation High throughput screening core, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Amy L. Hartman,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Sara Cherry

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cherrys@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States of America, High throughput screening core, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3956-6610

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