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. 1984 Apr;25(4):515–517. doi: 10.1128/aac.25.4.515

Synergistic antiviral effects of antiherpes compounds and human leukocyte interferon on varicella-zoster virus in vitro.

M Baba, M Ito, S Shigeta, E De Clercq
PMCID: PMC185568  PMID: 6329083

Abstract

The four antiherpes compounds acyclovir, adenine arabinoside, bromovinyldeoxyuridine, and phosphonoformic acid showed an additive to synergistic effect with human leukocyte interferon in inhibiting focus formation by three different strains of varicella-zoster virus in human embryonic fibroblasts.

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