Plantaricin NC8 αβ rapidly and efficiently inhibits flaviviruses and SARS-CoV-2 by disrupting their envelopes.

Potent broad-spectrum antiviral agents are urgently needed to combat existing and emerging viral infections. This is particularly important considering that vaccine development is a costly and time consuming process and that viruses constantly mutate and render the vaccine ineffective. Antimicrobial...

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Main Authors: Abubakr A M Omer, Jorma Hinkula, Pham-Tue-Hung Tran, Wessam Melik, Elisa Zattarin, Daniel Aili, Robert Selegård, Torbjörn Bengtsson, Hazem Khalaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278419