Researchers at the University of Leeds are using: the anti-psychotic haloperidol; the anti-depressant fluoxetine and a local anaesthetic bupivacainein as anti-virals.

The drugs disrupt the regulation of potassium levels and this, in turn, blocks the ability of all of the group of bunyaviruses to infect cells. It’s not effective on all viruses, but is looking very promising research.

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