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Molecular analysis of clinical isolates of acyclovir resistant herpes simplex virus.
Antiviral research - 1 Feb 2004
Chibo Doris, Druce Julian, Sasadeusz Joe, Birch Chris
Abstract excerpt
We characterised the antiviral phenotype and genotype of 41 herpes simplex virus (HSV) strains from patients clinically resistant to acyclovir (ACV). Our results confirm recognised mutational sites as being major determinants of thymidine kinase (tk)-associated ACV resistance, in particular insertions and/or deletions at homopolymer stretches of Gs and Cs (59% of all isolates). Previously described amino acid...
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