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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex viruses from immunocompromised patients.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 1998
Gaudreau A, Hill E, Balfour H H, Erice A, Boivin G
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Phenotypic and genotypic analyses were done on 30 acyclovir-resistant and 5 acyclovir-susceptible herpes simplex virus (HSV) isolates (22 HSV type 1 and 13 HSV type 2) recovered from 24 subjects. All isolates were susceptible to foscarnet. The phenotypes of the acyclovir-resistant HSV isolates were as follows: 17 were thymidine kinase (TK) deficient, 12 had decreased TK activity (produced low amounts of viral TK)...
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