“…Poly-I-Poly-C, and to a lesser extent DEAE-dextran, seems to exert a direct inhibitory action on DNA synthesis (Levy, 1970;Serota & Baserga, 1970). The usefulness of interferon, or of the synthetic inducers, has been demonstrated against many viruses, including herpes (Cantell & Tommila, 1960;Jones, Galbraith & Al-Hussaini, 1962;Park & Baron, 1968;Lindh et al, 1969;De Clercq & Merigan, 1970b;Kruger & Mayer, 1970). Its protective activity in experimental herpes encephalitis has been demonstrated by Catalano & Baron (1969).…”