Which statement is accurate regarding non-HIV antiviral drugs?
1. Antivirals decrease the effects of the host cell's biological processes.
2. Research on antivirals has yielded more useful results than has research on antibacterials.
3. Antivirals have fewer adverse effects than antibiotics.
4. Antivirals have a narrow spectrum of coverage.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: This is not true.
Rationale 2: This is not true. Antiviral agents remain the least effective of all the anti-infective classes.
Rationale 3: Antivirals have many adverse effects.
Rationale 4: Non-HIV antiviral drugs have a very narrow spectrum of activity.
Global Rationale: Non-HIV antiviral drugs have a very narrow spectrum of activity and may have many adverse effects. Antiviral agents remain the least effective of all the anti-infective classes. Antivirals do not decrease the effects of the host cell's biological processes.
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