Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134605180
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case, Derek Weber, Warner Bair
Publisher: PEARSON
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Antimicrobial agents that are used against viral infections are grouped as antiviral drugs. These drugs acts at any stage of virus replication cycle, namely entry, uncoating, genome integration, nucleic acid synthesis, assembly and exit.

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