Antiviral are drugs used to Tx viral infections. Like antibiotics (for bacteria), specific antivirals can Tx specific viruses. Unlike most antibiotics, antivirals don't destroy the target pathogen, but rather inhibits their development.

• Before cell entry:
  • Entry inhibitor
  • Uncoating inhibitor
• During viral synthesis:
  • Reverse transcription, e.g. acyclovir
  • Integrase
  • Transcription
  • Translation/antisense
  • Translation/ribozymes
  • Protein processing and targetting
  • Protease inhibitors
• Assembly
• Release phase

• Antimicrobial