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cord-021872-rhi7hi9m	Wilkes, Rebecca P.	Update on Antiviral Therapies	2015-12-04		.txt	text/plain	9933	524	47	Topical antiviral therapy has been mainly used for herpetic ocular disease, but studies have evaluated a systemic antiviral compound (famciclovir) for treatment of multiple clinical syndromes associated with FHV-1 infections. 7 A related drug, (R)-9-(2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)-2,6diaminopurine (PMPDAP), has been shown previously to be a potent inhibitor of FIV replication in cell culture and has reduced the viral load in three of four cats experimentally infected with FIV when treated at 20 mg/kg SC three times per week for 6 weeks. 1 A prodrug of acyclovir, valacyclovir, was developed for increased bioavailability in humans, but use for FHV-1 treatment in experimentally infected cats induced fatal renal and hepatic necrosis and bone marrow suppression, and did not reduce viral shedding or clinical disease severity. 20 Even though this study did not mimic how cats with natural infection would be treated, results from a clinical case study suggested this drug is likely effective for treatment of clinical cases, though it was not blinded and placebo controlled.	./cache/cord-021872-rhi7hi9m.txt	./txt/cord-021872-rhi7hi9m.txt