Prevention of poxvirus infection by tetrapyrroles

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Prevention of poxvirus infection is a topic of great current interest. We report inhibition of vaccinia virus in cell culture by porphyrins and phthalocyanines. Most previous work on the inhibition of viruses with tetrapyrroles has i...

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Main Authors: Marzilli Luigi G, Vzorov Andrei N, Dixon Dabney W, Chen-Collins Avril RM, Compans Richard W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/3/9