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Antivirals that prevent genome replication (5)
- Acyclovir
- Ganiclovir
- Valganciclovir
- Foscarnet
- Ribavirin
Antivirals that prevent entry (3)
Enfuritide
Amantidine
Rimantadine
Ganciclovir
Treat CMV
Enfuritide
Prevents HIV
Foscarnet
Treat herpes
IV
Toxic- last resort
Valganciclovir
Treat EBV
Ribavirin
Nucleoside inhibitor for RNA virus
Amantidine and Rimantadine
Prevent Influenza by blocking M2 channel
3 important immune cell types in vaccinations
CD4+ T cell, CD8+ T cell, B cell
Acyclovir
Treat herpes
Nucleoside inhibitor
1st antiviral approved for use
Antiviral that prevents viral protease
Ritonavir- HIV
Alphaherpesvirus HSV1 HSV2 genome and virion
dsDNA, enveloped
Betaherpesvirus genome and virion
dsDNA, enveloped
Antiviral challenges
Bioavailability
Toxicity
Specificity
Prototypical member of betaherpesvirus group
CMV– EBV; burkett’s lymphoma- most common childhood cancer in africa
Most common childhood cancer in africa
Burkett’s lymphoma
Gammaherpes virus genome and virion
dsDNA, enveloped
Prototypical member of gamma herpes virus
EBV
Latency where in alphaherpesvirus
Sensory peripheral ganglia
Latency where in gammaherpesvirus
Lymphoid tissue- in memory B cells
Influenza genome and virion
-ssRNA, enveloped, replicate in NUCLEUS
Gammaherpes virus targets
B and T lymphocytes
Major surface proteins for influenza
HA, NA
Adenovirus genome and virion
dsDNA, Nonenveloped