Jasper Lee, Huanchun Zhang, Emerson Ailidh Boggs, Jesse Kilcullen, Margaret Moriarty, Yuhong Du, Haian Fu, Shuiyun Lan, Christina L. Hutson, Panayampalli S. Satheshkumar, Philip R. Tedbury, Stefan G. Sarafianos
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Mpox, caused by the orthopoxvirus monkeypox virus (MPXV), has garnered worldwide attention during a global outbreak in 2022 and in an ongoing outbreak in Central Africa. Because of drug resistance and toxicity risks with current antiviral treatments, there is still a need for additional antivirals to treat mpox and other orthopoxvirus diseases. We developed in vitro screening assays using recombinant strains of vaccinia virus and MPXV to measure the antiviral potency of compounds, finding that adefovir dipivoxil and tenofovir alafenamide had potent anti-orthopoxvirus activity and low toxicity. These data reinforce interest in repurposing nucleoside analogues as antivirals to treat poxvirus infections and provide a basis for high throughput screening and mechanistic and antiviral resistance studies.
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The Journal of Medical Virology focuses on publishing original scientific papers on both basic and applied research related to viruses that affect humans. The journal publishes reports covering a wide range of topics, including the characterization, diagnosis, epidemiology, immunology, and pathogenesis of human virus infections. It also includes studies on virus morphology, genetics, replication, and interactions with host cells.
The intended readership of the journal includes virologists, microbiologists, immunologists, infectious disease specialists, diagnostic laboratory technologists, epidemiologists, hematologists, and cell biologists.
The Journal of Medical Virology is indexed and abstracted in various databases, including Abstracts in Anthropology (Sage), CABI, AgBiotech News & Information, National Agricultural Library, Biological Abstracts, Embase, Global Health, Web of Science, Veterinary Bulletin, and others.
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