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. 2013 Nov 23;209(8):1219–1226. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit654

Table 5.

Genotypes and Phenotypes of Recombinant Viruses (Quebec)

UL54 Varianta Cidofovir
Ganciclovir
Foscarnet
EC50b Ratioc EC50b Ratioc EC50b Ratioc
Control strain
 wt 1.00 1.60 112
Newly phenotyped variants (N = 3)
 N345S 0.67 0.7 1.94 1.2 99 0.9
 V476G 0.80 0.8 1.50 0.9 50 0.4
Q578L 0.84 0.8 3.00 1.9 332 3.0

Bold: Results associated with decreased drug susceptibility.

Abbreviations: BAC, bacterial artificial chromosome; EC50, concentration required to reduce activity of the secreted alkaline phosphatase reporter by 50%; wt, wild type.

a Mutation introduced into BAC and recombinant virus.

b Drug concentration (µM) required to reduce plaque formation by 50%.

c Ratio of EC50 to baseline strain.