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Antiviral Agents

"Antiviral Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Antiviral Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Antiviral Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 77 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020
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