Isolation and characterization of herpes simplex virus resistant to nucleoside analogs

Ehud Katz, Orna Rosenblat, Sara Pisanty*

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Abstract

Herpes simplex virus type 1 was isolated from nine patients with herpes labialis who were not previously exposed to any antiviral agent. A significant variation in the growth of these isolates in BSC1 cells in the presence of 5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine and acyclovir was observed. One of the isolates was highly resistant to 5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine and acyclovir and failed to induce significant activity of thymidine kinase in cultures. Herpesvirus reisolated from the same patient3/12 years later did not show significant changes in its resistance to acyclovir, suggesting that the patient has a latent infection with a drug-resistant virus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)296-299
Number of pages4
JournalOral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
Volume72
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1991

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