Treatments for poxviruses -- including those causing mpox and smallpox -- may already exist in licensed drugs

ScienceDaily
Aug 9, 2023, 5:06 pm89 pts
The drug tecovirimat is currently in use for the treatment of mpox -- the disease caused by monkeypox virus -- that spread worldwide in 2022. Tecovirimat is an anti-poxviral drug, and its use is driving the emergence of drug-resistant variants of the monkeypox virus. Scientists have identified how monkeypox…

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