Host-targeting oral antiviral drugs to prevent pandemics

Affiliations

¹ Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK. Electronic address: raymond.dwek@exeter.ox.ac.uk.
² Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
³ Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
⁴ Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.

Raymond A Dwek et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 9;399(10333):1381-1382.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00454-8. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

¹ Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK. Electronic address: raymond.dwek@exeter.ox.ac.uk.
² Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
³ Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
⁴ Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.

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