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DOI: 10.47183/mes.2020.006

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Experimental evaluation of the activity of the product meflochine against coronavirus SАRS-CoV-2

Filin KN1, Berzin IA2, Bykov VN1, Gladkikh VD1, Loginova SYa3, Savenko SV3, Schukina VN3
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1 Federal State Unitary Enterprise Research & Production Center "Pharmaceutical Protection" of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Khimki, Russia

2 Federal Medical and Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

3 Federal State Budgetary Institution "48 Central Research Institute" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergiev Posad-6, Russia

Received: 2020-06-25 Accepted: 2020-07-17 Published online: 2020-08-09
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