We have previously described the inhibitory effect of several substituted pyrimidine compounds on poliovirus (1-3). Of 38 compounds tested, 4 were found to inhibit the cytopathic effect of the virus, and ethyl-2methyl t hio-4-methyl-5-primidinecarboxylate
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