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The Specific Treatment of Virus Diseases
D.J. Bauer
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Description for The Specific Treatment of Virus Diseases
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
In comparison with antibacterial chemotherapy the clinical use of specific antiviral drugs is a fairly recent development. By the 1950s a number had been discovered, but their clinical application was delayed until 1962, when methisazone was used for the treatment of infective complications of smallpox vaccination and idoxuridine in the treatment of herpetic keratitis. In retrospect the reasons for this slowness in development is now evident. It was due in large part to the prevailing view held at the time that virus infections could never be treated with specific agents, since the multiplica tion of virus is so closely integrated ... Read more
In comparison with antibacterial chemotherapy the clinical use of specific antiviral drugs is a fairly recent development. By the 1950s a number had been discovered, but their clinical application was delayed until 1962, when methisazone was used for the treatment of infective complications of smallpox vaccination and idoxuridine in the treatment of herpetic keratitis. In retrospect the reasons for this slowness in development is now evident. It was due in large part to the prevailing view held at the time that virus infections could never be treated with specific agents, since the multiplica tion of virus is so closely integrated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401179232
SKU
V9789401179232
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99-15
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