Synergistic inhibition of human cytomegalovirus replication by interferon-alpha/beta and interferon-gamma.

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"AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (AI054626, AI054238, RR018229, and CA08921; R.F.G.) and (HD045768; C.A.M.). Bruno Sainz is a recipient of a National Research Service Award from the NIH (AI0543818). The authors would like to thank Dr. Mark F. Stinski (University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa) for kindly supplying the recombinant virus Towne-GFP and Dr. Daniel N. Streblow (Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR) for kindly donating the HCMV IE antibody. We also thank Dr. Aline Scandurro for critical review of this manuscript and Dr. Joseph Vaccaro and Joshua Costin for their expertise in statistical analyses. We are also indebted to Dr. David Woodhall for his expertise and assistance with HCMV propagation and plaque assays."