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Editors: Amal Dhara, Amit Nayak
ISBN: 9780323918145
Published: November 2022
Imprint: Academic Press
Pages: 808

Description

Viral Infections and Antiviral Therapies provides comprehensive coverage of viral infections and their transmission. Coverage includes antiviral agents, therapeutics, their mechanisms and treatment strategies. The book is organized into four sections, including an introduction to antiviral therapies, viral infections and their transmission, antiviral agents and therapeutics, and a market overview and future developments. The chapters in each section of the book discuss various key topics that are contributed to by an international group of leading experts.

Key Features

Covers emerging and sexually transmitted viruses, including mode of transmission and pathophysiology of viral infections
Describes antiviral agents and therapeutics for viruses such as rotaviruses, enteroviruses and coronaviruses
Discusses strategies for the delivery of antiviral agents and vaccinations

Readership

Researchers and Scientists in virology and pharmaceutical sciences; Biomedical and pharmaceutical academia and professionals in the industries; Regulatory scientists in medicine, biomedicine, pharmaceutics, biotechnology, biology, microbiology; Graduate students and post docs with relevant background in virology and pharmacology

Table of Contents

Preface
Amal Kumar Dhara

Section I: Introduction
1. Introduction to antiviral therapy
Amal Kumar Dhara

Section II: Viral infections and transmission
2. Emerging viral diseases
Agniva Majumdar and Pradip Kumar Jana
3. Evolution and transmission of viruses
Shalini Upadhyay
4. Mode of viral infections and transmissions
Sora Yasri
5. Transmission and Intervention Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2
Michael K. Danquah
6. Sexually transmitted viral infections
A Dasgupta
7. Testing of viral infections
Shalini Upadhyay
8. Electron microscopic methods for virus diagnosis
Nadeesh Adassooriya

Section III: Antiviral agents and therapeutics
9. Virotherapy
Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu, Palanivel Velmurugan, Saikishore Ramanathan and Ranjithkumar Dhandapani
10. Challenges in designing antiviral agents
Edeildo Ferreira da Silva Junior
11. Anti-influenza agents
Ashwini Chauhan and Sambuddha Chakraborty
12. Anti-herpes virus agents
Keshab Mondal
13. Antiretroviral Therapies
Debjit Chakraborty
14. Rotavirus and anti-rotaviral agents: Trends and advances
Ujjwal De
15. Current therapeutic strategies and novel antiviral compounds for the treatment of non-polio enteroviruses
Regina Sharmila Dass
16. Antiviral agents against flaviviruses
Edeildo Ferreira da Silva Junior
17. Pathophysiology of HIV and strategies to eliminate AIDS as a public health threat
Omar Sued and Tomas Grosso
18. Herbal drugs to combat viruses
Benil PB, Rajakrishnan Rajagopal, Ahmed Alfarhan and Jacob Thomas
19. Strategies for delivery of antiviral agents
Blessing Atim Aderibigbe
20. Nanovesicles for delivery of antiviral agents
Ibrahim M. El-Sherbiny
21. Antiviral biomaterials
Sandhya Khunger
22. Antiviral biomolecules from marine inhabitantsBalasubramanian
Vellaisamy, Ishwarya Ayyanar, Subidsha Suyambu Krishnan, Akila Ravindran and Sunandha Jeeva Bharathi
23. Plant polysaccharides as antiviral agents
Amit Kumar Nayak
24. Antiviral peptides against dengue virus
Chit-Laa Poh and Michelle Felicia Lee
25. mRNA vaccines for COVID-19
Anamika Sengupta
26. Immunotherapy as an emerging and promising tool against viral infections
Prof. Vahid Reza Askari
27. Role of nutraceuticals as immunomodulators to combat viruses
Benil PB, Vrenda Roy, Rajakrishnan Rajagopal and Ahmed Alfarhan

Section IV: Others
28. In vitro and in vivo approaches for evaluating antiviral efficacy
Ram Gopal Nitharwal
29. Clinical trials and regulatory considerations of antiviral agents
Samir Bhargava, Dr. Bhavna, Amal Kumar Dhara, Neeraj Sethiya, Jagannath Sahoo, Havagiray Chitme, Mayuri Gupta, Navraj Upreti and Yusra Ahmad
30. Future perspectives of antiviral therapy
Debesh Chandra Bhattacharya

About the Editors

Amal Dhara

Dr. Amal Kumar Dhara (M. Pharm, PhD) has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Pharmacology and Toxicology, especially in the field of Neuropharmacology, Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, free radical scavenging activities of Indian indigenous plants. He has earned his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Currently, Dr. Dhara is working as Lecturer in Pharmacy (Selection Grade –II Equivalent to Associate Professor) at Contai Polytechnic, Govt. West Bengal, India. Dr. Dhara has also served as Production Executive at M/S Deys Medical Stores Mfg (UP) Ltd., U.P., India for more than three years. Till date, he has authored over 10 research and review publications in various high impact peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Dhara has participated and presented his research work at several conferences in India and abroad. He is life member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Indian Pharmacological Society and a Registered Pharmacist.

Amit Nayak

Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak is currently working as a Professor at Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Odisha, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from IFTM University, India. He worked as Senior Research Associate at IIT, Kanpur in a CSIR sponsored project. Dr. Nayak has over 13 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems made of natural biopolymers. He has authored over 130 research and review articles in various high impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters in various international books. In addition, he has authored 2 books and edited 17 books published by International publisher(s). He has received University Foundation Day Research Award-2019 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. He serves as a reviewer for several reputed journals and is a life member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI).