Challenges in Developing Effective Antiviral Drugs with Minimal Side Effects

question 11

Multiple Choice

Challenges in developing effective antiviral drugs with minimal side effects to the patient include

• A) drugs can be easily delivered to reach viruses within host cells.
• B) viruses have many more chemically distinct targets than living pathogens.
• C) only the attachment stage of the viral life cycle is a suitable target for antiviral drug action.
• D) the immune system is rarely successful in ending viral infections so there is no natural model to work from.
• E) viruses use the cell's own machinery and metabolism for replication.

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