Development in antiviral drugs and the assessment

The aim of antiviral therapy is to minimize the viral disease symptoms, infectiousness and shorten the treatment process. Antivirals act differently on viral replication cycle steps. However, nowadays, antiviral therapy is not available for all viral infections. Most antiviral drugs used in the treatment are effective in treating infections caused by HIV, herpes viruses, hepatitis B and C viruses, and influenza A and B viruses. Owing to viruses are mandatory, intracellular parasites, it is not very easy to find targets that prevent viral replication without damaging the host cell, as opposed to other antimicrobial drugs. Therefore, advances in treatment with antiviral drugs have been more lingering compared to antibacterial and antifungal drugs. This situation still continues today. In this study, antiviral drugs used during the treatment, differences and properties of these drugs was tried to be revealed by literature and the latest update on developments related to antiviral drugs was reviewed