Latent herpes simplex virus infections in sensory ganglia of mice after topical treatment with adenine arabinoside and adenine arabinoside monophosphate
Klein, R.J.; Friedman-Kien, A.E.
Antimicrobial Agents and ChemoTherapy 12(5): 577-581
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-4804 PMID: 200172 DOI: 10.1128/aac.12.5.577
Accession: 040556692
Adenine arabinoside (Ara-A) and Ara-A monosphosphate (Ara-AMP) ointments were able to prevent the fatal outcome of herpes simplex virus (HSV)-induced skin infection of the lumbosacral area in hairless mice. Ara-A and Ara-AMP had no irritating effect on the skin, but in a number of animals a protracted healing time of the skin lesions after the treatment was observed. The compounds conferred only a partial protection against the establishment of latent HSV infection in the spinal root ganglia of the treated animals. The immune response, as judged from levels of HSV-specific neutralizing serum antibody titers, was not impaired by the antiviral treatment.