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Emergence of drug-resistant populations of woodchuck hepatitis virus in woodchucks treated with the antiviral nucleoside lamivudine.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 1999
Zhou T, Saputelli J, Aldrich C E, Deslauriers M, Condreay L D, Mason W S
Abstract excerpt
Lamivudine [(-)-beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine] reduces woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) titers in the sera of chronically infected woodchucks by inhibiting viral DNA synthesis. However, after 6 to 12 months, WHV titers begin to increase toward pretreatment levels. Three WHV variants with mutations in the active site of the DNA polymerase gene are present at this time (W. S. Mason et al., Virology 245:18-32,...
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