Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Shingles with an Immunostimulatory Vaccine Virus and Acyclovir

Practically the entire global population is infected by herpesviruses that establish lifelong latency and can be reactivated. Alpha-herpesviruses, herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1/HSV-2) and varicella zoster virus (VZV), establish latency in sensory neurons and then reactivate to infect epithel...

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Main Authors: Tibor Bakacs, Volker Sandig, Imre Kovesdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Pharmaceuticals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/16/2/226