Significant perspectives on various viral infections targeted antiviral drugs and vaccines including COVID-19 pandemicity.

ABSTRACT: A virus enters a living organism and recruits host metabolism to reproduce its own genome and proteins. The viral infections are intricate and cannot be completely removed through existing antiviral drugs. For example, the herpes, influenza, hepatitis and human immunodeficiency viruses are a few dreadful ones amongst them. Significant studies are needed to understand the viral entry and their growth in host cells to design effective antivirals. This review emphasizes the range of therapeutical antiviral drugs, inhibitors along with vaccines to fight against viral pathogens, especially for combating COVID-19. Moreover, we have provided the basic and in depth information about viral targets, drugs availability, their mechanisms of action, method of prevention of viral diseases and highlighte

SUBMITTER: Arumugam GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283561 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature