title: Antiviral drug discovery for the treatment of enterovirus 71 infections.
abstract: Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a small, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the genus Enterovirus, family Picornavirus. It causes hand, foot and mouth disease in infants and children, which in a small percentage of cases progresses to central nervous system infection, ranging from aseptic meningitis to fatal encephalitis. Sporadic cases of EV71 infection occur throughout the world, but large epidemics have occurred recently in Southeast Asia and China. There are currently no approved vaccines or antiviral therapies for the prevention or treatment of EV71 infection. This paper reviews efforts to develop antiviral therapies against EV71.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China.
authors.forename: Luqing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Mengying
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D029821:Enterovirus A, Human / Q000187:drug effects*; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents