BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
VIRUSES
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A drug that treats the symptoms of the illness.
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A drug that slows down the replication of the virus in the host cell.
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A drug that does not allow the virus to attach to the cells it infects.
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A drug that kills all bacteria in the body.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The action of amantadine is to block uncoating of the virus within the cell and thus prevent the release of viral RNA into the host cell. Zanamivir, peramivir, and oseltamivir are active against both influenza A and influenza B.
Detailed explanation-2: -What are antivirals? Antivirals are medications that help your body fight off certain viruses that can cause disease. Antiviral drugs are also preventive. They can protect you from getting viral infections or spreading a virus to others.
Detailed explanation-3: -Entry inhibitors, also known as fusion inhibitors, are a class of antiviral drugs that prevent a virus from entering a cell, for example, by blocking a receptor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Antiviral drugs are a class of medicines particularly used for the treatment of viral infections. Drugs that combat viral infections are called antiviral drugs. Viruses are among the major pathogenic agents that cause number of serious diseases in humans, animals and plants.
Detailed explanation-5: -Azithromycin (AZM) is a synthetic macrolide antibiotic effective against a broad range of bacterial and mycobacterial infections. Due to an additional range of anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties, it has been given to patients with the coronaviruses SARS-CoV or MERS-CoV.