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Ex Vivo Organotypic Corneal Model of Acute Epithelial Herpes Simplex Virus Type I Infection
Published on: November 3, 2012
Effect of combined acyclovir and ribavirin on experimental herpes simplex virus type 1 keratoconjunctivitis in
S Pancheva1, S Shishkov, D Ilieva
1Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The combination of acyclovir and ribavirin has been established to be more effective on experimental herpes simplex keratoconjunctivitis in rabbits than the treatment with individual drugs. The better therapeutic effect of the combination is proved by the decreased severity of the ocular infection and the reduction of the virus shedding in tear film, as well as by the diminished duration of the infection.
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