In vitro activity of acetylsalicylic acid on replication of varicella-zoster virus

New Microbiologica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-401

  Primache, V ^a   Binda, S ^a   De Benedittis, G ^a   Barbi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylsalicylic acid; Fluorescent focus assay; Varicella Zoster Virus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CRYSTAL VIOLET; ETHER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASPIRIN; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COLORIMETRY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; ETHER, ETHYL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENTIAN VIOLET; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERO CELLS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032177646     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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