Antiherpesvirus drugs: a promising spectrum of new drugs and drug targets

Autor: Priscilla A. Schaffer, Donald M. Coen
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 2:278-288
ISSN: 1474-1784
1474-1776
Popis: In the absence of effective vaccines to control herpesvirus infections, nucleosidic antiviral drugs have been the mainstay of clinical treatment since their development in the late 1970s. However, given the drawbacks of these drugs, including the increasing emergence of drug-resistant clinical isolates, new strategies for treating herpesvirus infections are warranted. A range of promising new drugs with novel molecular targets has been developed, but will they cure latent infections?
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