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Genetic characterization of thymidine kinase from acyclovir-resistant and -susceptible herpes simplex virus type 1 isolated from bone marrow transplant recipients.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2000
Morfin F, Souillet G, Bilger K, Ooka T, Aymard M, Thouvenot D
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of acyclovir (Acy)-resistant herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a major concern in bone marrow transplant recipients. Phenotypic and genetic characterization of thymidine kinase (TK) was done for 7 Acy-susceptible and 11 Acy-resistant HSV-1 isolated from 11 patients. In total, 19 amino acid substitutions were detected that were not related to Acy resistance but to TK gene polymorphism, including 5 mutations...
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