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This volume provides detailed information on drugs designed to control infection by viruses and retroviruses. It includes all current drugs used to treat AIDS, a viral infection. Dr Driscoll provides an expert overview article of the current range of drugs in viral infection control and points the way to likely future developments. He also assesses the impact of modern chemotherapy upon viral diseases, particularly HIV (AIDS). This is followed by a detailed description of around 80 drugs currently in use in this area. The data on each drug follows the same format and each is on a separate page. The book covers what has become a major research area in which the development of many new agents with antiviral activity has lent added impetus.