Effect of Acycloguanosine Treatment on Acute and Latent Herpes Simplex Infections in Mice
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Latent herpes simplex virus infections in sensory ganglia of hairless mice prevented by acycloguanosine.
Acycloguanosine (ACG) was able to prevent the fatal outcome of herpes simplex virus-induced skin infections of the lumbosacral or orofacila area in hairless mice. Topical ACG treatment was more effective than systemic treatment in preventing the evolution of skin lesions. Acute ganglionic infections in the trigeminal ganglia were prevented by ACG, and latent ganglionic infections did not become...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.15.4.554