Antiviral Drug Development

InhaltsangabeAntiviral Chemotherapy: An Introduction and Reasons for the Slow Progress, Particularly towards Rational Design.- Design of Nucleoside Analogs as Potential Antiviral Agents.- Design of Anti-Viral Agents other than Nucleoside Analogues.- Antivirals for High Hazards Viruses.- Human Retroviruses and Anti-Viral Therapies.- Epstein-Barr Virus.- Molecular Targets for Selective Antiviral Chemotherapy.- Inhibition of S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Transmethylation as an Approach to the Development of Antiviral Agents.- Assay Systems: Testing of Antiviral Drugs in Cell Culture (in vitro).- Animal Models as Assay Systems for the Development of Antivirals.- Experimental Aspects of Antiviral Pharmacology.- Virus Drug Resistance.- Interferon as an Antiviral Agent.- Risk-Benefit Analysis in Drug Research.- Safety Assessment of Antiviral Drugs.- Antiviral Agents: A New Beginning.- Participants.