Two novel single amino acid syncytial mutations in the carboxy terminus of glycoprotein B of herpes simplex virus type 1 confer a unique pathogenic phenotype.

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We previously reported on a variant of the herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) strain 17 syn+, named 17 hep syn, capable of forming giant polykaryocytes (syncytia) in tissue culture and which induced a striking alteration in the pathogenesis of infection in vivo. Following footpad inoculation of mice, 17 hep syn infection resulted in a marked clinicopathologic acute inflammatory response of the inoculated limb and mice...

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