Pharmacological and Biological Antiviral Therapeutics for Cardiac Coxsackievirus Infections

Subtype B coxsackieviruses (CVB) represent the most commonly identified infectious agents associated with acute and chronic myocarditis, with CVB3 being the most common variant. Damage to the heart is induced both directly by virally mediated cell destruction and indirectly due to the immune and aut...

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Main Authors: Jens Kurreck, Wolfgang Poller, Henry Fechner, Anja Geisler, Sandra Pinkert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-10-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/10/8475/