Antiviral Drug Therapy- Exploiting Medicinal Plants
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Abbreviations: CCR: Chemokine Co-receptor; CMV: Cytomegalovirus; CTL: Cytotoxic Lymphocytes; FIPV: Feline Infectious Peritonitis virus; HBV/HCV: Hepatitis B/C Virus; HIV/ AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HSV: Herpes Simplex Virus; JEV: Japanese Encephalitis Virus; MS: Mass Spectrometry; NK: Natural Killer Cells; NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; NRTI: Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; NNRTI: Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; SARS-coV: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus
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