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Acyclovir: is it an effective virostatic agent for orofacial infections?
1University of Manitoba, Department of Oral Biology, Winnipeg, Canada.
Abstract:
Oral and intravenous acyclovir formulations provide effective virostasis against many herpes viruses infections, especially severe herpes simplex or varicella-zoster infections in ambulatory and immunocompromised patients. The therapeutic virostatic efficacy of topical acyclovir formulations requires further development, however, especially for orolabial herpetic infections.