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Attenuated, replication-competent herpes simplex virus type 1 mutant G207: safety evaluation in mice.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2000
Sundaresan P, Hunter W D, Martuza R L, Rabkin S D
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) mutants that are attenuated for neurovirulence are being used for the treatment of cancer. We have examined the safety of G207, a multimutated replication-competent HSV-1 vector, in mice. BALB/c mice inoculated intracerebrally or intracerebroventricularly with 10(7) PFU of G207 survived for over 20 weeks with no apparent symptoms of disease. In contrast, over 80% of animals...
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