"Unlike any other source on the subject, this reference analyzes the benefits and limitations of every available drug, vaccine, and immunotherapy utilized in the prevention and control of viral diseases - providing in-depth reviews of more than fifty drugs and antiviral agents for HIV, human herpesviruses, human papillomaviruses (HPV), influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C - analyzing their mechanisms of action, dosage, side effects, and drug resistance."--BOOK JACKET.