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Superior Efficacy of Helicase-Primase Inhibitor BAY 57–1293 for Herpes Infection and Latency in the Guinea Pig Model of Human Genital Herpes Disease
1 Feb 2007
Abstract excerpt
The efficacy of BAY 57-1293, a novel non-nucleosidic inhibitor of herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), bovine herpesvirus and pseudorabies virus, was studied in the guinea pig model of genital herpes in comparison with the licensed drug valaciclovir (Valtrex). Early therapy with BAY 57-1293 almost completely suppressed the symptoms of acute HSV-2 infection, and reduced virus shedding and viral load in...
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