Antivirals
Across
- 4. A combination treatment that includes both Ledipasvir and sofobuvir.
- 6. A herpesvirus pro-drug.
- 8. Because viruses reproduce so quickly and make frequent changes during replication, antivirals must be very potent and attack the virus in multiple ways to prevent ______.
- 9. The brand name influenza antiviral that inhibits NA.
- 11. We now have drugs to cure _____ _ virus.
- 13. Drug that blocks neuraminidase activity and helps prevent influenza virus transmission.
- 14. Xofluza, also known as _____, blocks cap snatching.
- 17. Inhibits SARS coronavirus protease.
- 18. Saquinavir inhibits HIV _____.
Down
- 1. Until we have better ______ finding antivirals for acute infections will not be very useful.
- 2. Antiviral with activity against several RNA viruses.
- 3. Many antivirals are _____ analogs. They get incorporated into viral genomes and either induce mutation of chain termination.
- 5. Reverse transcriptase inhibitor that prevents polymerization.
- 7. Fuzeon is an antiviral that blocks viral entry by binding to the envelope and prevents 6HB formation and viral ____.
- 10. An antiviral that targets the host cell and prevents virus binding.
- 12. Most of the antivirals used currently treat ____ infections.
- 15. The first drug identified to treat HIV.
- 16. To prevent infection with HIV, people in high-risk groups can take ____.