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Antiviral drug discovery for emerging diseases and bioterrorism threats / edited by Paul F. Torrence.

Contributor(s): Torrence, Paul F.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2005Description: x, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471668273 (hbk.).Subject(s): Antiviral agents | Drug development | Bioterrorism | Antiviral Agents -- therapeutic use | Bioterrorism -- prevention & control | Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- drug therapy | Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & control | Drug DesignDDC classification: 616.91061
Contents:
Preface. - Contributors. 1. Introduction: pestilence, plague, bioterrorism / Paul F. Torrence. - 2. Viral bioterrorism and antiviral countermeasures / M. Bray. - 3. Overview of antiviral drug discovery and development / C. Tseng. - 4. Antiviral drug targets and strategies for emerging viral diseases and bioterrorism threats / E. de Clercq . - 5. Perspectives for the therapy against arenavirus infections / E.B. Damonte, C.C. Garcia. - 6. S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitors as a source of anti-filovirus agents / S.W. Schneller, M. Yang . - 7. Antiviral strategies for Ebola virus / R.N. Harty and J. M. Licata. - 8. IMPDH inhibitors : discovery of antiviral agents against emerging diseases / V. Nair. - 9. Lethal mutagenesis : exploiting error-prone replication of riboviruses for Antiviral therapy / J.D. Graci, C.E. Cameron. - 10. Structural biology of flavivral replications and opportunities for drug design / K. Murthy. - 11. Confronting new and old antiviral threats : broad spectrum potential of prenylation inhibitors / M. Elazar, J.S. Glenn. - 12. West Nile virus: New targets for petential antivirals. - 13. The emergence of pandemic influenza A : bioterrorist versus mother nature. - 14. The discovery and development of new antivirals for smallpox / E.R. Kern. - 15. Viral countermeasures to the host interferon response: role of the vaccinia virus E3L and K3L, genes. 16. Broad-spectrum antiviral prophylaxis: inhibition of viral infection by polymer grafting with methoxpoly (ethylene glycol). - 17. Viral evasion of the interferon system: novel targets for grug discovery/ Paul F. Torence and Linda Powell. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface. - Contributors. 1. Introduction: pestilence, plague, bioterrorism / Paul F. Torrence. - 2. Viral bioterrorism and antiviral countermeasures / M. Bray. - 3. Overview of antiviral drug discovery and development / C. Tseng. - 4. Antiviral drug targets and strategies for emerging viral diseases and bioterrorism threats / E. de Clercq . - 5. Perspectives for the therapy against arenavirus infections / E.B. Damonte, C.C. Garcia. - 6. S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitors as a source of anti-filovirus agents / S.W. Schneller, M. Yang . - 7. Antiviral strategies for Ebola virus / R.N. Harty and J. M. Licata. - 8. IMPDH inhibitors : discovery of antiviral agents against emerging diseases / V. Nair. - 9. Lethal mutagenesis : exploiting error-prone replication of riboviruses for Antiviral therapy / J.D. Graci, C.E. Cameron. - 10. Structural biology of flavivral replications and opportunities for drug design / K. Murthy. - 11. Confronting new and old antiviral threats : broad spectrum potential of prenylation inhibitors / M. Elazar, J.S. Glenn. - 12. West Nile virus: New targets for petential antivirals. - 13. The emergence of pandemic influenza A : bioterrorist versus mother nature. - 14. The discovery and development of new antivirals for smallpox / E.R. Kern. - 15. Viral countermeasures to the host interferon response: role of the vaccinia virus E3L and K3L, genes. 16. Broad-spectrum antiviral prophylaxis: inhibition of viral infection by polymer grafting with methoxpoly (ethylene glycol). - 17. Viral evasion of the interferon system: novel targets for grug discovery/ Paul F. Torence and Linda Powell. - Index.