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Ajit Dhananjay Jagtap

University of MinnesotaORCID 0000-0002-0101-6392Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Discovery and Characterization of a Hydroxypyridone-3-carboxamide Analog as an Antiviral Lead against Orthopoxviruses

Anil Pant, Ajit Dhananjay Jagtap, Jiashu Xie, Djamal Brahim Belhaouari, Wei Xie, Jacob P. Mahoney, Lara Dsouza, Ziyue Wang, Zeinab R. Aboezz, Tibor Farkas, Zhengqiang Wang, Zhilong Yang

This study identifies ZW-2038, a hydroxypyridone-3-carboxamide analog, as an antiviral lead against orthopoxviruses with low micromolar potency and selectivity in human fibroblasts and organoid models.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · Jun 18, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology