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Analysis of the thymidine kinase genes from acyclovir-resistant mutants of varicella-zoster virus isolated from patients with AIDS.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 1993
Talarico C L, Phelps W C, Biron K K
Abstract excerpt
Patients with AIDS often experience recurrent infections with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) requiring repeated or prolonged treatment with acyclovir (ACV), which may lead to the development of ACV resistance. The ACV resistance of isolates recovered from such patients is associated with diminished VZV thymidine kinase (TK) function. We determined the nucleotide sequences of the TK genes of 12 ACV-resistant VZV...
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