title: [Antiretroviral drugs in severe acute respiratory syndrome].
abstract: Inhibition of viral assembly (protease inhibitors) and of fusion of viral and target membranes (fusion inhibitors) are general approaches to antiviral treatment, not specific for HIV. Nonetheless, the agents that induce these phenomena are most often specific for a given virus or virus family. Drugs developed for HIV treatment were reevaluated for use against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) during and after the epidemic in 2003, in view of the absence of any other available treatment. Of the protease and entry inhibitors approved for treating HIV-infected patients, none was effective against SARS-CoV, although in vitro activity against this virus was reported for the protease inhibitor lopinavir/ritonavir, in results that have not been confirmed in the most recent studies. The epidemiologic methods used to assess this drug's efficacy are not robust. Preliminary results for SARS treatment with protease and entry inhibitors, although at early stages of development, are promising.
authors.affiliation: Service universitaire des maladies infectieuses et du voyageur, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Faculté de Médecine de Lille. yyazdan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yazdan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yazdanpanah
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guéry
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D061466:Lopinavir; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011744:Pyrimidinones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012254:Ribavirin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019438:Ritonavir / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000187:drug effects*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011744:Pyrimidinones; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins; D061466:Lopinavir; D012254:Ribavirin; D019438:Ritonavir