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Complementary lethal invasion of the central nervous system by nonneuroinvasive herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 1991
Nishiyama Y, Kimura H, Daikoku T
Abstract excerpt
It is well-known that viral thymidine kinase (TK) expression is important for the maximum demonstration of virulence of herpes simplex virus (HSV). In this study, we have investigated interactions of a TK- mutant of virulent HSV type 2 (HSV-2) (syn+) and a nonneuroinvasive HSV-1 (syn) in mice. When the mice were inoculated with each virus alone in their rear footpads, no mice were killed even after infection with...
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