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In vitro sensitivity of macropodid herpesvirus 2 to selected anti-herpetic compounds
1Queensland Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
We tested the in vitro sensitivity of Macropodid Herpesvirus 2 to eight commonly used anti-herpetic compounds using plaque reduction tests, March and April, 1995. The virus was most susceptible to inhibition by (E)-5-(2'-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine and adenine 9-beta-D-arabino-furanoside. Both compounds have been used for anti-herpetic therapy in humans and may prove useful in the treatment of macropodoids in captivity.