Acyclovir-resistant varicella-zoster virus: Phenotypic and genetic characterization

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-254

  Fillet, Anne Marie ^a   Dumont, Bruno ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a   Visse, Bertrand ^a   Agut, Henri ^a   Bricaire, François ^a   Huraux, Jean Marie ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Resistance; Susceptibility assay; Thymidine kinase; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE MUTATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENE;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, VIRAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PLAQUE ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THYMIDINE KINASE;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0031867442     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199807)55:3<250::AID-JMV12>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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