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How do anti-virals work?
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Depends on the drug: Some prevent the virus from entering the cell. Some prevent the virus from taking over the cell's replicating machinery, some prevent the viral assembly so that new viral particles never form correctly. Further drugs specifically block the assembly of the virus' genetic code.
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