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. 2023 Jan 26;8(2):e00034-23. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00034-23

TABLE 1.

Human viral diseases for which virology research has delivered vaccines and antiviral drugs

Disease Vaccine Antiviral
Adenovirus Yes No
AIDS No Yes
Cervical and Head/neck Cancer Yes No
COVID-19 Yes Yes
Ebola virus Yes Yes
Japanese encephalitis Yes No
Hepatitis A Yes No
Hepatitis B Yes Yes
Hepatitis C No Yes
Herpes (HSV and CMV) No Yes
Influenza Yes Yes
Measles Yes No
Mpox Yes Yes
Mumps Yes No
Polio Yes No
Rabies Yes No
Respiratory syncytial virus No Yes
Rotavirus Yes No
Rubella Yes No
Smallpox Yes Yes
Tick borne encephalitis Yes No
Yellow fever Yes No
Varicella and zoster Yes Yes