Ribavirin is an antiviral drug commonly used to treat viral infections such as hepatitis C and...

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Ribavirin is an antiviral drug commonly used to treat viralinfections such as hepatitis C and the highly lethal Hantavirus,Ebola, and Marburg infections. During the SARS outbreak in 2003, itwas also tested in SARS-CoV patients. Ribavirin is a nucleosideinhibitor, or more specifically a ribosyl purine analog. Based onthe biochemical principle of the drug alone, would you thinkribavirin would be useful to treat dengue and herpesvirusinfections?

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