If you are a virologist, how will you combat a specific viral strain aside form vaccine?
if you are a virologist, how will you combat a specific viral strain aside from vaccine, when the virus attacking cyto-toxic-Tcells?
6 Responses
alynnemgb
21 Feb 2010
Cynthia J
21 Feb 2010
Quarantine???
Jay W
21 Feb 2010
I assume you are talking about combatting a viral strain that has infected a human. The only thing that I can think of is antivirals against the specific strain, if available.
dirk_volvox
21 Feb 2010
remove the cyto-toxic-Tcell. is that possible?
Yany
21 Feb 2010
OMG
AIDS
1) nuclease rreverse transcriptase inhibitor
2) protease inhibitor (prevent formation of capside, in other words, the house of the virus)
3)non-nuclease reverse transcriptase inhibitor (prevent formation of more reverse transcriptase, the responsible of the incorporation of the viral DNA into the host DNA, thats how AIDS work.
Big K
21 Feb 2010
Occasionally one can interfere with transcription but this only works for a few virus types. Antiiditopes or antibody (MAb) are technically vaccines so they could be applied possibly. One could take gamma globulin from a convalescing patient but is risky. Perhaps a few others if I actually applied myself.
Antiviral medication.