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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1979 September; 16(3): 266-270

Latent infections of sensory ganglia as influenced by phosphonoformate treatment of herpes simplex virus-induced skin infections in hairless mice.

R J Klein, E DeStefano, E Brady and A E Friedman-Kien

ABSTRACT

Topical treatment with 3% phosphonoformate of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV)-induced skin infections of hairless mice reduced the severity of skin lesions when the treatment was initiated 3 h after virus inoculation in the lumbosacral area or 3 and 24 h after inoculation in the orofacial area. The mortality was significantly reduced in lumbosacral-infected mice and was completely prevented in orofacial-infected mice when the treatment was initiated with a delay of 24 h after virus inoculation. However, phosphonoformate did not prevent the establishment of latent herpes simplex virus type 1 infections in the spinal and trigeminal ganglia, even when treatment was initiated as early as 3 h after infection.

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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1979 September; 16(3): 266-270

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