Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073402435
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-243-7

Chapter 6 - An Introduction to the Viruses - 6.8 Viruses and Human Health - 6.8 Learning Outcomes-Assess Your Progress - Page 166: 20

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Antiviral drugs are difficult to design as viruses are not a proper cell and replicate in host cells. Hence host cells are also damaged along with virus. Another difficulty is that virus do not have a proper cell structure, making it difficult for drugs to target the virus.

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