The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

Drug repurposing for viral infectious diseases: how far are we?

B Mercorelli, G Palù, A Loregian - Trends in microbiology, 2018 - cell.com
Despite the recent advances in controlling some viral pathogens, most viral infections still
lack specific treatment. Indeed, the need for effective therapeutic strategies to combat 'old' …

Potential role of flavivirus NS2B-NS3 proteases in viral pathogenesis and anti-flavivirus drug discovery employing animal cells and models: a review

A Wahaab, BE Mustafa, M Hameed, NJ Stevenson… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses are known to cause a variety of diseases in humans in different parts of the
world. There are very limited numbers of antivirals to combat flavivirus infection, and …

Drugs for the treatment of Zika virus infection

JA Bernatchez, LT Tran, J Li, Y Luan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Zika virus is an emerging flavivirus that causes the neurodevelopmental congenital Zika
syndrome and that has been linked to the neuroinflammatory Guillain–Barré syndrome. The …

Antiviral agents in development for Zika virus infections

M Baz, G Boivin - Pharmaceuticals, 2019 - mdpi.com
In 1947, Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus was identified in Uganda and
subsequently spread to Asia and the Pacific regions. In 2015, it was introduced in Brazil …

In Silico Analyses on the Comparative Potential of Therapeutic Human Monoclonal Antibodies Against Newly Emerged SARS-CoV-2 Variants Bearing Mutant Spike …

NC Das, P Chakraborty, J Bayry… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Since the start of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has already infected more than 250 million
people globally, with more than five million fatal cases and huge socio-economic losses. In …

Zika virus infection: an update

P Ferraris, H Yssel, D Missé - Microbes and infection, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the ZIKV outbreak in Brazil in 2015, the scientific community has joined efforts to
gather more information on the epidemiology, clinical features and pathogenicity of the virus …

Inhibitors of the Zika virus protease NS2B-NS3

S Voss, C Nitsche - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the Zika virus has emerged from a neglected flavivirus to a health-
threatening pathogen that causes epidemic outbreaks associated with neurological …

Broad-spectrum host-based antivirals targeting the interferon and lipogenesis pathways as potential treatment options for the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 …

S Yuan, CCY Chan, KKH Chik, JOL Tsang, R Liang… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) signals an urgent need for an expansion …

Drug repurposing for new, efficient, broad spectrum antivirals

M García-Serradilla, C Risco, B Pacheco - Virus research, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging viruses are a major threat to human health. Recent outbreaks have emphasized
the urgent need for new antiviral treatments. For several pathogenic viruses, considerable …