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. 1964 Aug 7;145(3632):585-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.145.3632.585.

THERAPEUTIC ANTIVIRAL ACTION OF 5-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-2'-DEOXYURIDINE IN HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS

THERAPEUTIC ANTIVIRAL ACTION OF 5-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-2'-DEOXYURIDINE IN HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS

H E KAUFMAN et al. Science. .

Abstract

5-Trifluoromethyl-2'-deoxyuridine (F(3)TDR) has potent therapeutic antiviral activity in herpes simplex infection of the rabbit cornea with strains of herpes virus both sensitive and resistant to 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine, and in corneal infection with vaccinia. 5-Trifluoromethyl uracil is not therapeutically active in herpetic keratitis.

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