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CORRECTION article

Front. Microbiol.

Sec. Virology

Correction: Broad-spectrum inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 variants by dibutyl phthalate through allosteric disruption of Spike-ACE2 interface

Provisionally accepted
Jiafan ChenJiafan Chen1,2Dekuan GuoDekuan Guo3XIAOXUAN GUOXIAOXUAN GUO2Lijun ZhaoLijun Zhao4Geng LiGeng Li3,5Helu LiuHelu Liu4Shaobo WangShaobo Wang6,7*Zizhao LaoZizhao Lao5*Meiling ZhuMeiling Zhu2*
  • 1Shenzhen Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
  • 2Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
  • 4Shenzhen Clinical College of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China
  • 5Chinese Medicine Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, China
  • 6Guangzhou National Laboratory, Department of Basic Research, Guangzhou International Bio-Island, Guangzhou, China
  • 7State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Laboratory Clinical Base, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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Keywords: Cell membrane fusion, Dibutyl Phthalate, SARS-CoV-2, Site-directed mutagenesis, Spike-ACE2 interaction, Structure optimization, Viral entry inhibitor

Received: 30 Jan 2026; Accepted: 02 Feb 2026.

Copyright: © 2026 Chen, Guo, GUO, Zhao, Li, Liu, Wang, Lao and Zhu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence:
Shaobo Wang
Zizhao Lao
Meiling Zhu

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