Chapter 1 Antiviral Strategies

Chapter 2 Approaches for the Development of Antiviral Compounds: The Case of Hepatitis C Virus

Chapter 3 Antiviral agents acting as DNA or RNA chain terminators.

Chapter 4 Viral protease inhibitors.

Chapter 5 Anti-influenza drugs: the development of sialidase inhibitors.

Chapter 6 Other Inhibitors of Viral Enzymes and Functions

Chapter 7 Inhibitors of Viral Entry

Chapter 8 Interferons and Their Use in Persistent Viral Infections

Chapter 9 Nucleic Acids-Based Therapeutics in the Battle Against Pathogenic Viruses

Chapter 10 Antiviral Gene Therapy

Chapter 11 Antiviral resistance and impact on viral replication capacity: evolution of viruses under antiviral pressure occurs in three phases.

Chapter 13 Socio-Economic Impact of Antiviral Intervention