Concept information
Preferred term
Antiviral Agents
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Agent, Antiviral
- Antiviral
- Antiviral Agent
- Antiviral Drug
- Antiviral Drugs
- Antivirals
- Drug, Antiviral
- Drugs, Antiviral
Note
- for resistance to antiviral agents, DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL and DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, VIRAL are available
Scope note
- Agents used in the prophylaxis or therapy of VIRUS DISEASES. Some of the ways they may act include preventing viral replication by inhibiting viral DNA polymerase; binding to specific cell-surface receptors and inhibiting viral penetration or uncoating; inhibiting viral protein synthesis; or blocking late stages of virus assembly.
In other languages
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Finnish
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antiviraalinen lääkitys
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Lipactin
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viruslääke
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viruslääkehoito
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viruslääkitys
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000998
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