Activity of N-chlorotaurine against herpes simplex- and adenoviruses

Antiviral Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Nagl, Markus ^a   Larcher, Clara ^a   Gottardi, Waldemar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Antiviral agent; Herpes simplex virus; N chlorotaurine

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; N CHLOROTAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOVIRUS 5; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; HELA CELLS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; TAURINE; VERO CELLS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 5; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0032054486     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3542(98)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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