Table 1.
Approved anti-herpesvirus drugs.
| DNA polymerasea |
Terminasea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acyclovir | Penciclovir | Ganciclovir | Cidofovir | Foscavir | Letermovir | |
| HSV-1 (HHV-1) | choice | approved | resistance | resistance | ||
| HSV-2 (HHV-2)rowhead | choice | approved | resistance | resistance | ||
| VZV (HHV-3) | choice | approved | resistance | resistance | ||
| EBV (HHV-4) | off-label | off-label | off-label | |||
| HCMV (HHV-5) | choice | approved | approved | approvedb | ||
| HHV-6A | off-label | off-label | off-label | |||
| HHV-6B | off-label | off-label | off-label | |||
| HHV-7 | off-label | off-label | off-label | |||
| HSHV (HHV-8) | off-label | off-label | off-label | |||
a
Drug target.
b
Approved for prophylaxis.