Antiviral Strategies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kräusslich, Hans-Georg (Editor), Bartenschlager, Ralf (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 189
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gene therapy.; Drug resistance.; Pharmacology.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Drug Resistance.; Gene Therapy.

A crucial issue for antiviral therapy is the fact that all antiviral substances rapidly select for resistance; thus, monitoring and overcoming resistance has become a most important clinical paradigm of antiviral therapy. This calls for cautious use of antiviral drugs and implementation of combinati...