Additive Effects of Acyclovir and Immune Transfer in Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Mice
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Additive effects of acyclovir and immune transfer in neonatal herpes simplex virus infection in mice.
Acyclovir had a dose-dependent, mild, but significant, inhibitory effect on interferon-stimulated human antiviral natural killer cytotoxicity in vitro. In a murine model of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection, acyclovir significantly (P < 0.05) increased survival afforded by the injection of human interferon and human mononuclear leukocytes from 67.8 to 88.6%.
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.39.1.480-482.1983