Antiviral Compounds from Marine Resources
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2018) | Viewed by 4329
Special Issue Editor
Interests: marine natural compounds; antiviral agents; in vitro toxicology; virological assays
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many viruses are highly pathogenic and can cause a variety of serious infections and human deaths. In addition, viruses can also infect livestock and marine species, causing huge losses of many vertebrate food species. However, available treatments for viral infections are limited. In particular, diseases caused by pathogenic viruses have shown the need for new medicines, due to emerging and re-emerging viral pathogens, and the increasing appearance of viral resistance to available treatments. Thus, effective control of viral infections and disease has remained an unachieved goal and is paramount. This Special Issue is aimed at collecting new information from present research on natural extracts and synthetic compounds with antiviral potentials, in order to facilitate the discovery and development of new antiviral drugs for enhanced treatment of viral diseases worldwide.
Prof. Dr. Yuanan Lu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
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Marine microorganism
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Antiviral drugs
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Viral resistance
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Marine biotechnology
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Viral infection
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