title: A view from the Common Cold Unit.
abstract: I have been asked to stand back and describe in broad terms the view I have had of common colds--probably the most frequent of acute human diseases and a long-lasting scientific problem--and in particular our recent work on antivirals. I should be able to do this for two reasons. Like everyone else I have suffered from colds, but in addition I have been studying the problem from the virological and clinical point of view for over 35 years--for the last 31 at the Common Cold Unit, Salisbury. As a result I may have problems with perspective--it is not possible to give a personal view and at the same time to describe something from every possible angle, and quite impossible to be comprehensive, but I have done my best and readers will make their own judgements and corrections.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council, Common Cold Unit, Salisbury, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003139:Common Cold / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents