Host-directed therapies for bacterial and viral infections

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 17, 35 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.162 Authors: Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Anca Dorhoi, Richard S. Hotchkiss & Ralf Bartenschlager Despite the recent increase in the development of antivirals and antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance and the lack of broad-spectrum virus-targeting drugs are still important issues and additional alternative approaches to treat infectious diseases are urgently needed. Host-directed therapy (HDT) is an emerging approach in the field
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