Viral Infections and Antiviral Therapies provides comprehensive coverage of viral infections and their transmission. Coverage includes antiviral agents, therapeutics, their mechanisms and treatment strategies. The book is organized into four sections, including an introduction to antiviral therapies, viral infections and their transmission, antiviral agents and therapeutics, and a market overview and future developments. The chapters in each section of the book discuss various key topics that are contributed to by an international group of leading experts.
Covers emerging and sexually transmitted viruses, including mode of transmission and pathophysiology of viral infections Describes antiviral agents and therapeutics for viruses such as rotaviruses, enteroviruses and coronaviruses Discusses strategies for the delivery of antiviral agents and vaccinations
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Preface
Amal Kumar Dhara
SECTION 1: Introduction
1. Introduction to antiviral therapy
Amal Kumar Dhara
SECTION 2: Viral infections and transmission
2. Emerging viral pathogens
Agniva Majumdar
3. Evolution and transmission of viral infection
Shalini Upadhyay
4. Mode of viral infections and transmissions
Sora Yasri
5. Sexually transmitted viral infection
A Dasgupta
6. Testing of viral infection
Shalini Upadhyay
7. Electron microscopic methods for virus diagnosis
Nadeesh Adassooriya
SECTION 3: Antiviral agents and therapeutics
8. Virotherapy
Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu, Palanivel Velmurugan, Saikishore Ramanathan and Ranjithkumar Dhandapani
9. Challenges in designing antiviral agents
Edeildo Ferreira da Silva Junior
10. Anti-influenza agents
Ashwini Chauhan and Sambuddha Chakraborty
11. Anti-herpes virus agents
Keshab Mondal
12. Anti-hepatitis viruses agents
Sunil Srivastava
13. Antiretroviral Therapies
Debjit Chakraborty
14. Rotavirus and anti-rotaviral agents
Ujjwal De
15. Current Therapeutic Strategies and Novel Antiviral Compounds for the Treatment of Non-Polio Enteroviruses
Regina Sharmila Dass
16. Anti-viral agents against flaviviruses
Edeildo Ferreira da Silva Junior
17. Pathophysiology of HIV and strategies to eliminate AIDS as a public health threat
Omar Sued and Tomas Grosso
18. Herbal drugs to combat viruses
Benil PB, Rajakrishnan Rajagopal, Ahmed Alfarhan and Jacob Thomas
19. Strategies for delivery of antiviral agents
Blessing Atim Aderibigbe
20. Nanoparticles for delivery of antiviral agents