The journal retracts the 6 July 2021 article [1].
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the publisher regarding improper reuse of text.
Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted in which we confirmed the extent of the overlap, which included Figure 1, Table 4, the conclusions, and supplementary material, and the article is therefore retracted.
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Viruses.
The authors agreed to this retraction.
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