Viral Entry Inhibitors
This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Virus entry into host cells is the earliest step in a productive infection process for both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. The mechanism of virus entry of enveloped viruses has been studied quite extensively and two drugs targeted to the entry pathway of HIV-1 have been approved by the US FDA. Many more inhibitors are currently being studied to inhibit HIV-1 entry. However, the entry process of non-enveloped viruses is poorly understood. In this Special Issue, we hope to capture the recent developments in our understanding of the entry mechanism of both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses and their inhibition.
Dr. Asim Kumar Debnath
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- virus entry
- enveloped and non-enveloped viruses
- entry inhibitors
- fusion inhibitors
- mechanism of virus entry
- pathogenesis
- drug-resistance
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Published Papers
Viruses - ISSN 1999-4915