Antiviral drugs are a class of medication used specifically for treating viral infections. Like antibiotics for bacteria, specific antivirals are used for specific viruses. Unlike most antibiotics, antiviral drugs do not destroy their target pathogen; instead they inhibit their development. Antiviral drugs are one class of antimicrobials, a larger...
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(from the article `Bird Flu—The Next Human Pandemic?`) Can a bird-flu pandemic be prevented? Laboratory tests suggest that two popular antiviral drugs, amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine), ... ...the H5N1 virus present in birds. It would take many months to prepare hundreds of millions of doses, however, and existing...
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