Role of genotypic analysis of the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus for determination of neurovirulence and resistance to acyclovir

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3171-3174

  Lee, N Y ^a,b   Tang, Y W ^a   Espy, M J ^a   Kolbert, C P ^a   Rys, P N ^a   Mitchell, P S ^a   Day, S P ^c   Henry, S L ^c   Persing, D H ^a   Smith, T F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c ViroMed Laboratories Inc Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0032831823     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3171-3174.1999     Document Type: Article

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