Acute respiratory viral infections: etiology, diagnosis, modern view of treatment

The scale of the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections makes it relevant to search for new methods for the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory viral infections, adequate control of influenza epidemics and pandemics. Means of etiotropic therapy are directed against the causative agent of the disease, in this case against respiratory viruses. Specific antiviral drugs act directly on the causative agent of the infection, preventing its reproduction in the body. One of the approaches to the treatment of SARS and influenza is the use of drugs that have several points of application and have a combined effect, which combine direct antiviral, immunomodulatory and symptomatic action.