The ProTide Prodrug Technology: From the Concept to the Clinic: Miniperspective

Y Mehellou, HS Rattan, J Balzarini - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The ProTide technology is a prodrug approach developed for the efficient intracellular
delivery of nucleoside analogue monophosphates and monophosphonates. In this …

Current concepts for genital herpes simplex virus infection: diagnostics and pathogenesis of genital tract shedding

C Johnston, L Corey - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) is a DNA virus that is efficiently transmitted
through intimate genital tract contact and causes persistent infection that cannot be …

Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2

C Celum, A Wald, JR Lingappa… - New England journal …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Most persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-
1) are also infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), which is frequently reactivated …

Valganciclovir Reduces T Cell Activation in HIV-Infected Individuals With Incomplete CD4+ T Cell Recovery on Antiretroviral Therapy

PW Hunt, JN Martin, E Sinclair, L Epling… - Journal of Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Elevated immune activation persists during treated human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infection and is associated with blunted CD4 recovery and premature mortality …

Herpes simplex keratitis: challenges in diagnosis and clinical management

TN Azher, XT Yin, D Tajfirouz, AJW Huang… - Clinical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Herpes simplex virus is responsible for numerous ocular diseases, the most common of
which is herpetic stromal keratitis. This is a recurrent infection of the cornea that typically …

A systematic approach to virus–virus interactions

T DaPalma, BP Doonan, NM Trager, LM Kasman - Virus research, 2010 - Elsevier
A virus–virus interaction is a measurable difference in the course of infection of one virus as
a result of a concurrent or prior infection by a different species or strain of virus. Many such …

Treatment outcomes for children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Ettehad, HS Schaaf, JA Seddon… - The Lancet infectious …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Paediatric multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is a public health challenge
of growing concern, accounting for an estimated 15% of all global cases of MDR …

Phosphoramidates and phosphonamidates (ProTides) with antiviral activity

M Slusarczyk, M Serpi… - Antiviral Chemistry and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Following the first report on the nucleoside phosphoramidate (ProTide) prodrug approach in
1990 by Chris McGuigan, the extensive investigation of ProTide technology has begun in …

HIV nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

F Amblard, D Patel, E Michailidis, SJ Coats… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
More than 40 years into the pandemic, HIV remains a global burden and as of now, there is
no cure in sight. Fortunately, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been …

Treatment to prevent transmission of HIV-1

MS Cohen, CL Gay - Clinical infectious diseases, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has the potential to prevent human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) transmission by reducing the concentration of HIV in blood and genital secretions …