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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Future or Investigational Therapies
Ever since the eradication of the smallpox virus, many antiviral drugs have been studied against orthopox viruses in general, including:[1]
- Cidofovir
- Inhibitor of the viral DNA polymerase[2]
- Treatment of other DNA viruses
- Investigational drug for the treatment of potential adverse effect following smallpox vaccination
- Available in the IV form, with severe nephrotoxicity
- New formulations are being studied
- Poxvirus protease inhibitors
- Currently being studied
- Compounds to target host's intracellular pathways
- Currently being studied
References
- ↑ Moore, Zack S; Seward, Jane F; Lane, J Michael (2006). "Smallpox". The Lancet. 367 (9508): 425–435. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68143-9. ISSN 0140-6736.
- ↑ Smee DF, Sidwell RW (2003). "A review of compounds exhibiting anti-orthopoxvirus activity in animal models". Antiviral Res. 57 (1–2): 41–52. PMID 12615302.