Antiviral treatment can be used to treat patients with viral infections or alternatively prevent infection in individuals at risk of getting a severe disease. Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) can test the efficacy of antivirals against viruses.
Antivirals in the broad sense can function by:

Targeting viral proteins directly
Targeting host cell factors that are essential for flagyl without a prescription virus replication
Enhancing the function of the immune system in its reaction to the virus
Efficacy assays
Since antiviral development is often a process of trial and error, in vitro efficacy testing is an important step to identify the most promising candidates for further development. Due to our expertise, we can offer broad colchicine 0,5mg prices services to test the efficacy of antivirals against a variety of veterinary and zoonotic viruses and in different cell lines in vitro.

Antiviral testing
In these tests, we can determine the level of viral replication in the presence or absence of antivirals; determine the IC50 of the antiviral compounds, or perform virus neutralization assays with compounds that have neutralizing capacity. In addition WBVR can determine the efficacy of disinfecting agents against viruses. Currently, we offer antiviral and disinfectant testing for among others:

African swine fever virus (ASFV)
Avian influenza virus (AIV)
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV)
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Other viruses are available upon request.

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SARS-CoV-2 models
Severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently causing a pandemic outbreak. Infections result in the COVID-19 disease in humans, characterized by symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue and loss of smell and taste. Antivirals can suppress the growth of this coronavirus. We offer a dedicated in vitro model to test the efficacy of antiviral compounds in susceptible, to select candidates that are active against SARS-CoV-2. This can be followed up by in vivo testing in our hamster model.


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