Lecture 30 : Anti-viral and Anti-parasitic Drugs (wank)

Question 1

Methods to treat viruses

Answer 1

Antiviral drugs like :
- Viral vaccines
- Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
- Protease inhibitors

Question 2

Why are viruses hard to target

Answer 2

• Replicate inside host cell
• Use host cell to manufacture viral weaponry

Question 3

How to try and access viruses

Answer 3

1. Target outside host cell
2. Target viral nucleic acid replication
3. Target viral nucleic acid integration
4. Target viral protein manufacture

Question 4

How to target virus host outside of cell

Answer 4

VACCINE
eg. MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), COVID-19

Question 5

How to inhibit viral nucleic acid replication

Answer 5

REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS
- Prevents RNA copies, so prevents DNA copies

Question 6

Parasitic diseases examples

Answer 6

• Schistosomiasis
• Ancylostomiasis
• Leishmaniasis (bigger one)

Question 7

Malaria

Answer 7

P. Falciparum most common parasite

Symptoms :
- Hot, cold, sweating, attacks

Drugs used to cure :
- Schizontidical agents to kill parasites in liver
- Primaquine
- Can use vaccines

Question 8

Drugs to treat Acanthamoeba

Answer 8

Diamidine
Triazole
Biguanides