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ArticleThe Journal of general virology2025

Inhibition of human cytomegalovirus replication by valaciclovir.

Blair L Strang

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Blair L StrangInstitute of Infection & Immunity, St George's School of Health and Medical Sciences, City St George's, University of London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertical transmission of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) during pregnancy is a major cause of congenital disease. In the absence of robust vaccination strategies, antiviral drug regimens are being developed to inhibit the vertical transmission of the virus. Recent clinical data have indicated that valaciclovir, an orally bioavailable form of aciclovir, was effective at limiting vertical transmission of HCMV when administered during pregnancy. However, there is no widely cited

Indexed as

AcyclovirAntiviral AgentsCytomegalovirusValineVirus ReplicationCell LineCytomegalovirus InfectionsFemaleFibroblastsGanciclovirHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancyValacyclovirAcyclovirAntiviral AgentsGanciclovirValacyclovirValinecytomegalovirusdrugpregnancyvalaciclovir

Identifiers

PMID41237018
PMCPMC12617972

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