title: Inhibitory effects of antiherpesviral thymidine analogs against varicella-zoster virus.
abstract: Thymidine analogs highly active against herpes simplex virus were compared in their inhibitory action against seven strains of varicella-zoster virus by a plaque reduction assay. E-5-Bromovinyl-arabinosyluracil (BV-ara-U) was most active, followed by E-5 chlorovinyl-arabinosyluracil, E-5-bromovinyl-2'-deoxyuridine (BV-dUrd), 2'-fluoro-5-methyl-arabinosyluracil, 2'-fluoro-5-iodo-arabinosylcytosine, arabinosylthymine, 5-vinyl-arabinosyluracil, acycloguanosine, and 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine, in order to decreasing activity. BV-ara-U was more than 10 times as active as BV-dUrd and almost completely inhibited plaque development of five strains of varicella-zoster virus at a concentration as low as 1 ng/ml.
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013936:Thymidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D013936:Thymidine