Paper II
2019 February (2010 Scheme) · 40 marks · 120 min

Question

Give two examples of antiviral drugs.

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Answer

Two examples of antiviral drugs:

  1. Acyclovir — inhibits viral DNA polymerase (after activation by viral thymidine kinase), used for herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus infections.
  2. Oseltamivir — a neuraminidase inhibitor, used for treatment/prophylaxis of influenza A and B infection.

(Other valid examples: zidovudine — a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used in HIV treatment; ribavirin — used for hepatitis C and certain haemorrhagic fever viruses.)

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