Antiviral Drugs in the Treatment of Respiratory Virus Infections / 医药导报

ABSTRACT

Virus infection is a cause of respiratory tract infections and predisposes the patients to secondary bacterial infections. With the graying” of the population and the increase of organ transplantation, immunocompromised hosts (ICH) and the rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection as well as the emergence of such new pathogens as Hantavirus and Ebola virus in recent years, the morbidity of respiratory tract infections is growing high. There come the new challenges in the management of the respiratory tract infections. This paper is to introduce the application of antiviral drugs in the treatment of respiratory tract infections and discuss about the methodology of the administration of these drugs.