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Current Medicinal Chemistry - Anti-Infective Agents

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1568-0126
ISSN (Online): 1875-600X

Prophylactic and Therapeutic Approaches Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Author(s): Silvina Coviello and Fernando P. Polack

Volume 4, Issue 1, 2005

Page: [67 - 73] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/1568012052931188

Price: $65

Abstract

RSV is the main viral respiratory cause of hospitalization in infants and young children in the United States and in the world. This manuscript discusses the different established and experimental approaches to prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus disease. Therapeutic and preventive strategies are examined considering the mechanisms of viral pathogenesis and protection.

Keywords: respiratory tract infections, immunity, ribavirin, bronchodilators


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