RT Book, Section A1 Stringer, Janet L. SR Print(0) ID 1142821656 T1 Antiviral Drugs T2 Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class, 5e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861079 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1142821656 RD 2024/03/28 AB Three basic approaches are taken to control viral diseases. Vaccination is used to try to prevent and control the spread of disease. Chemotherapy (the focus of pharmacology) is used to treat the symptoms of viral illness and to try to eliminate the virus from the body. Finally, stimulation of the host’s natural resistance mechanisms is used to shorten the duration of illness.