“…23 The use of interferonbased drugs during the epidemic season in patients with influenza and ARVI, which reduces the duration of the main disease symptoms and the detection of the causative agents, has been investigated in other Russian studies. 24,25 The broad-spectrum antiviral Arbidol inhibits cell entry of enveloped viruses by blocking viral fusion with host cell membrane. 26 An analysis of etiotropic therapy showed that Arbidol was the most frequently prescribed antiviral drug both outpatient and inpatient.…”