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No Evidence of Pritelivir Resistance Among Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Isolates After 4 Weeks of Daily Therapy.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jul 2016
Edlefsen Paul T, Birkmann Alexander, Huang Meei-Li, Magaret Craig A, Kee Jia Jin, Diem Kurt, Goldner Thomas, Timmler Burkhard, Stoelben Susanne, Ruebsamen-Schaeff Helga, Zimmermann Holger, Warren Terri, Wald Anna, Corey Lawrence
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pritelivir is a novel helicase-primase inhibitor in clinical development for treatment of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections. In preclinical work, resistance-mediating mutations were identified in the HSV-2 genome at 3 loci in the UL5 gene and 1 locus in UL52. METHODS: To evaluate whether daily pritelivir treatment results in emergence of resistance-mediating mutations, we analyzed HSV-2...
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