Tecovirimat: A journey from discovery to mechanistic insights in poxvirus inhibition

• Xue Li ,

  Roles Software, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Zhengyang Pan ,

  Roles Software, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Leiliang Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ^* armzhang@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7015-9661

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